常用中英对照的经典生活习语
无官一身轻
Out of office,out of danger.
公事公办
Business is business.
积少成多
Many a little makes a mickle.
新官上任三把火
A new broom sweeps clean.
隔墙有耳
Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
He that lives with cripples learns to limp.
班门弄斧
Teach fish to swim.
良药苦口
A good medicine tastes bitter.
浑水摸鱼
Fish in troubled waters.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏
Justice has long arms.
英雄所见略同
Great minds think alike.
居安当思危
In time of peace prepare for war.
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全.
It is better to die than to live when life is a disgrace./Better die with honor than live with shame.
明修栈道,暗度陈仓
Do one thing under cover of another.
君子之交淡如水
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
Nothing venture,nothing have.
谋事在人,成事在天
Man proposes,God disposes.
前事不忘后事之师
The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
未雨绸缪
Live within your means and save for a rainy day.
成功源于勤奋
Industry is the parent of success.
强中更有强中手
Diamond cut diamond.
以毒攻毒
Devil must be driven out with devils.
树大招风
Names are debts.
人急造反,狗急跳墙
Despair gives courage to a coward.
考虑要仔细,行动要迅速
Deliberate in counsel,prompt in action.
要想懂得今天,就必须研究昨天
If you want to understand today,you have to research yesterday.
熟能生巧
Practice makes perfect.
心旷神怡,事事顺利
A merry heart goes all the way.
坐失良机,必有忧患
Delays are dangerous.
言柔弱无能,行刚强有力 Deeds are males,and words are females.
人比人,气死人
Comparisons are odious.