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爱屋及乌 Love for a person extends even to the crowson his roof; Love for a person extends to everything associated with her or him; /谚语：He that loves the tree loves the branch; / He who loves Bertrand loves his dog; / Love me, love my dog; / Who loves mye well, loves my dog also.
百闻不如一见 It is better to see once than hear a hundred times; /谚语：An eye finds more truth than two ears; / It is better to trust the eye than the ear;/ Men's ears are less reliable then their eyes;/ One eyewitness is better than ten earwitness[hearsays];/ One witness is worth ten earwitness;/ Seeing is believing;/ Seeing once is better than hearing twice;/ To see is to believe;/ Trust the ear less than the eye;/Words are but wind, but seeing is believing;/ the lion and the frog。
比上不足,比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many;/ to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst;/ better than some,though not as good as others;/ can pass muster;/ neither among the best nor among the poorest.
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start--the slow must start working early;/ clumsy birds have to start flying early--the slow need to start early。
不眠之夜 a restless [ sleepless, wakeful] night;/ a white night
不以物喜,不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不遗余力 spare no effort; / stint no effort;/ go all out; /do one's best;/ 口语：do one's utmost;/ to do one's level best;/ to explore every avenue;/ to fall over oneself;/ to go (to) all lengths;/ to go (to) any length(s);/ to go to great lengths;/ to make the best of oneself / to move heaven and earth/ to move mountains/ to pull every string/ to try one's best/ to try one's level best/ by ( all one's ) might and main/ to the best of one's ability [effort, power]/ to the utmost of one's power/ with all one's might (and main)/ with might and main.
不打不成交 / 谚语：By scratching and biting, cats and dogs come together;/ No discord, no concord;/ out of blows friendship grows。
拆东墙,补西墙 tear down the east wall to repair the west wall--restort to a make-shift solution;/ 谚语：to rob one's belly to cover one's back;/ to rob Peter to pay Paul
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
大事化小,小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all;/ to reduce a big troubl into a small one, and a small one into nothing;/ Great affairs turn into small and small affairs into nothing.
大开眼界 open one's eyes; /broaden one's horizon;/ be an eye-opener ;/ to feast one's eyes/ to feed one's sight;/ to get an eyeful ;/ to have an eyefull
国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace;/ The country is prosperous and the people live in peace;/ The country prospers and the people are at peace.
过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough;/ to go beyond is as wrong as falling short; /too much is as bad as too little;/ 谚语：More than enough is too much;/ Overdoing i doing nothing to purpose;/ Too much of one thing is good for nothing;/ Too much of one thing is not good;/ Too much of ought is good for nought;/ Too much water drowned the miller.
功夫不负有心人 Hard work always reaps good results;/ Those who work hard will be rewarded;/谚语：Everything comes to him who waits;/ He that can stay obtains。
好了伤疤忘了疼 to forget the bitter past when one is relieved of his suffering;/ to forget the pain once the wound is healed;/谚语：once on shore, we prays no more ;/ The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.;/ The wolf being sick wished to be a friar, but being well he repented of it.;/ Vows made in storms are forgotten in clams.
好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide。
和气生财 Harmony brings wealth。
活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn。
既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect。
金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home。
脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity。
留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope。
马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards。
每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most。
谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes。
弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
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发表于 2010-3-5 10:57:28