一些中国习语的英语翻译

弄巧成拙 be too smart by half 强强联手 win-win co-operation 世上无难事只要肯攀登 /有志者事竟成 Where there is a will, there is a way. 塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope. 谋事在人成事在天 Man proposes, God disposes.
待人宽容如待己 Live and let live 海底捞月 to fish in the air 既往不咎 Let the dead bury their dead. 害群之马 black sheep 旁观者清 The outsider sees the best of the game.
殊途同归 All roads lead to Rome. 捷足先登 The early bird catches the worm. 欲速则不达 Haste makes waste. 混水摸鱼 /趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters 贪小失大 penny-wise
There is no smoke without fire.
趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters 隔墙有耳 walls have ears. 新官上任三把火 New brooms sweep clean. 岁月不饶人 Time and tide wait for no man. 种瓜得瓜种豆得豆 As you sow, so shall you reap. 熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect.
When it rains it pours. 无风不起浪
There's no smoke without fire.
有钱能使鬼推磨 Money talks. 欲速则不达 More haste, less speed. 优胜劣汰 /适者生存 survival of the fittest 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike. 致命要害 Achilles' heel
机不可失 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 覆水难收 What's done cannot be undone. 转石不生苔 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 恶有恶报 He that does evil shall find evil. 骄者必败 Pride goes before a fall.
杀鸡用牛刀
break a butterfly on the wheel 实事求是
seek truth from facts 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. 物以类聚，人以群分
Birds of a feather flock together. 屋漏又逢连阴雨
拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new 大开眼界 broaden one's horizon 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth 活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.
左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea 金玉其外败絮其中 All that glitters is not gold. 兔子不吃窝边草 The fox preys farthest from his hole. 孤注一掷 to put all one's egg in one basket 活到老学到老 It's never too late to learn.
The End
人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good. 巧妇难为无米之炊 One can't make bricks without straw. 比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many. 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
Idioms
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Chinese Idioms
爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 不眠之夜 white night 不遗余力 spare no effort 不打不成交 No discord, no concord
贫无立锥之地
as poor as a church mouse 患难见真情
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 得过且过 /现挣现吃 to live from hand to mouth 情人眼里出西施
Love is blind. 眼不见为净
Out of sight, out of mind. 无风不起浪