对应中文习语翻译

天长地久——as old as the hills

泰然自若——as cool as a cumber

水中捞月——to fish in the air

苦如黄连——as bitter as wormwood

鸡皮疙瘩——goose-flesh

轻如鸿毛——as light as a feather

旁观者清——The onlooker sees most of the game

艳如桃李——as red as rose

狐假虎威——ass in the lion’s skin

物以类聚——Birds of a feather flock together

非驴非马——Neither fish, nor flesh, nor fowl.

如释重负——to take a load off one’s mind

挥金如土——to spend money like water

弱不禁风——as weak as water

瞬息之间——in the twinkle of an eye

泪如泉涌——a stream of tears

瓮中之鳖——a rat in the hole

扬眉吐气——to hold one’s head high

一针见血——to touch one on the raw

不翼而飞——to take wings to itself

小题大做——to make mountains out of molehills

格格不入——a square peg in a round hole

山穷水尽——at the end of one’s rope

冷若冰霜——as cold as a marble

半斤八两——six of one and half a dozen of the other 胸有成竹——to have a card up one’s sleeve

孤注一掷——to put all one’s eggs in one basket

纸上谈兵——armchair strategy

白费唇舌——to speak to the wind

同行相嫉——two of a trade can never agree

一文不名——without a penny to one’s name

（一）并列关系

名山大川famous mountains and great rivers

名胜古迹scenic spots and historical sites

湖光山色landscape of lakes and hills

青山绿水green hills and clear waters

奇松怪石strangely-shaped pines and grotesque rock formations

平等互利equality and mutual benefit

扬长避短play up strengths and avoid weaknesses

反腐倡廉fight corruption and build a clean government

简政放权streamline administration and institute decentralization 集思广益draw on collective wisdon and absorb all useful ideas

国泰民安the country flourish and the people live in peace and harmony

政通人和the government functions well and people cooperate well

国计民生national welfare and the people’s livelihood

辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new

徇私舞弊bend the law for personal gain and engage in fraud

流连忘返linger on with no thought of leaving for home

开拓进取blaze new trails and forge ahead

求同存异seek common ground while shelving differences

（二）语意重复

高瞻远瞩的决策 a visionary/far-sighted decision

贯彻落实重大决策carry out/ implement a series of major policy decisions

层峦叠嶂peaks rising one after another

优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

延年益寿prolong one’s life

灵丹妙药panacea / miraculous cure

长治久安 a long period of stability

求真务实pragmatic

审时度势size up the trend of events

招商引资attract investment

功在当代，利在千秋in the interest of the current and future generations

继往开来，承前启后(continue the past and open up the future ) break new ground for the future

急功近利eager for instant success and quick profits 大黑扫黄crack down on gangland and pornography 德高望重of high ability and integrity

互利互补mutually complementary and beneficial

互谅互让mutual understanding and accommodation 遵纪守法observe the relevant code of conduct and the law

（三）目的关系

减员增效downsize (and cut payroll) to improve efficiency (for efficiency)