这些英文千万不要不懂装懂

这些英文千万不要不懂装懂
Sporting house 妓院（不是体育室）
Dead president 美钞（不是死了的总统）
Lover 情人（不是爱人）
Busboy 餐馆勤杂工（不是公汽售票员）
Busybody 爱管闲事的人（不是大忙人）
Dry goods <美>纺织品<英>谷物（不是干货）
Heart man 换心人（不是有心人）
Mad doctor精神病科医生（不是发疯的医生）
Eleventh hour最后时刻（不是十一点）
Blind date（由第三者安排的）男女初次见面（并非盲目的约会或者是瞎约会）Personal remark人身攻击（并非个人评论）
Sweet water淡水（不是糖水或者甜水）
Confidence man骗子（不是信得过的人）
Criminal lawyer 刑事律师（不是犯罪的律师）
Service station加油站（不是服务站）
Rest room厕所（不是休息室）
Dressing room化妆室（不是试衣间或者更衣室）
Horse sense常识（不是马的感觉）
Capital idea 好主意（不是资本主义思想）
Familiar talk 庸俗的交谈（不是熟悉的谈话）
Black tea红茶
Black art 妖术（不是黑色艺术）
Black stranger 完全陌生的人(不是陌生的黑人)
White coal （作动力来源用的）水
White man忠实可靠的人（不是皮肤白色的人）
Yellow book黄皮书（法国政府报告书，以黄纸为封，不是黄色书籍）
Red tape 官僚习气（不是红色带子）
Green hand 新手
Blue stocking 女学者，女才子（不是蓝色长筒袜）
China policy 对华政策（不是中华政策）
Chinese dragon 麒麟（不是中国龙）
American beauty 一种玫瑰，名叫美丽动人（不是美国美女）
English disease 软骨病（不是英国病）
Indian summer 愉快宁静的晚年（不是印度的夏日）
Greek gift 害人的礼品（不是希腊的礼物）
Spanish athlete 吹牛的人（不是西班牙的运动员）
French chalk 滑石粉（不是法国粉笔）
Pull ones leg 开玩笑（不是拉后腿）
In ones birthday suit 赤身裸体（不是穿着生日礼服）
Eat ones words 收回前言（不是食言）
An apple of love 西红柿（不是爱情之果）
Handwriting on the wall 不祥之兆（不是大字报）
Bring down the house 博得满堂喝彩（不是推倒房子）
Have a fit 勃然大怒（不是试穿）
Make ones hair stand on end 令人毛骨悚然，恐惧（不是令人发指，气愤）
Be taken in 受骗，上当（不是被接纳）
Think a great deal of oneself 高看或者看重自己（不是为自己想的很多）
Pull up ones socks 鼓起勇气（不是提上袜子）
Have the heart to do 用于否定句，忍心做（不是有心做或者有意做）
What a shame 多可惜，真遗憾（不是多可耻）
You don’t say 是吗？（不是你别说）
You can say that again 说的好（不是你别说）
I haven’t slept better 我睡得很好（不是我从未睡好过）
You can’t be too careful in your work 你工作越仔细越好（不是你工作不能太仔细）
It has been 4 years since I smoked 我戒烟4年了（不是我抽烟4年了）
All his friends did not turn up 他的朋友没全到（不是他的朋友全没到）
People will be long forgetting her 人们在很长时间内会记住她的（不是人们会永远忘记她）He was only too pleased to let them go 他很乐意让他们走（不是他，不愿让他们走太高兴了）It can’t be less interesting 它无聊极了（不是它不可能没有趣）
英语中常见的123个中国成语
1.爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
3.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.
4.笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses
7.不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
11.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
12.大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
13.国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
15.功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
18.和气生财Harmony brings wealth.
19.活到老学到老One is never too old to learn.
20.既往不咎let bygones be bygones
21.金无足赤人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
22.金玉满堂Treasures fill the home.
23.脚踏实地be down-to-earth
24.脚踩两只船sit on the fence
25.君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
26.老生常谈陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
27.礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧Where there is life, there is hope.
29.马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
30.名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.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.
34.谋事在人成事在天The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
35.弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
36.拿手好戏masterpiece
37.赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
38.抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
40.抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.
42.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
46.强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
47.强强联手win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海战术huge-crowd strategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登Where there is a will, there is a way.
53.世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而后已until my heart stops beating
55.岁岁平安Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
57.塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
58.三十而立A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
59.升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
60.四十不惑Life begins at forty.
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
69.山不在高，有仙则名'No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; '
70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.
74.“跳进黄河洗不清”'eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name '
75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如风'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas
78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill
82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
83.无中生有make create something out of nothing
84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
97.循序渐进step by step
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
100鱼米之乡
101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'
102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103. 有识之士people of vision
104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
106.与时俱进advance with times
107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼'to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.' a land
of milk and honey
110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假错案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'
115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.债台高筑become debt-ridden
118.致命要害Achilles' heel
119. 众矢之的target of public criticism
120.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea。