中文常用习语俗语常用成语英文翻译.docx

明枪易躲，暗箭难防It is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow shot from hiding.城门失火，殃及池鱼 A fire on city wall brings disaster to the fish in the moat.路遥知马力，日久见人心As a long road tests a horse 's strength, so a long task proves a pers on' s heart.初生牛犊不怕虎New-born calves make little of tigers.口蜜腹剑to be honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted声东击西to shout in the east and strike in the west刻骨铭心to be engraved on one 's heart and bones引狼入室to lead a wolf into the house（cf. to set the wolf to keep the sheep）打落水狗to beat the dog in the water重见天日to see the daylight again百川归海All rivers flow into the sea.画饼充饥to draw cakes to allay hunger所以这李纨虽青春丧偶，且处在膏梁锦绣之中，竟如“槁木死灰”一般，一概不问。

（《红楼梦》）So this young widow living in the lap of luxury was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world.他一家子在这儿，他的房子、地在这儿，他跑？跑得了和尚跑不了庙。

（周立波：《暴风骤雨》）Escape? But his home and property can ' t escape. The monk may run away, but the temple can ' t run with him.咳！这一来，竹篮子打水一场空了。

（梁斌：《红旗谱》）Ah ！We were drawing water in a bamboo basket. 三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮。

The wit of three cobblers combined surpasses that of Zhuge Liang the master mind. （增加词语，提供背景知识）班门弄斧show off one 's proficiency with axe before Lu Ban, the master carpenter （增加词语，以表达原文内涵意义、提供背景知识）胸有成竹to have a bamboo in his stomachto have a well-thought-out plan before doing something 桃李满天下to have the peaches and plums all over the worldto have students all over the world 用典的习语往往不能保留比喻形象叶公好龙professed love of what one really fears 东施效颦crude imitation with ludicrous effect南柯一梦 a fond dream or illusory joy/fond dream 四面楚歌to be besieged on all sides悬梁刺股to be extremely hard- working in one ' s study初出茅庐at the beginning of one ' s career罄竹难书(of crime) too numerous to mention失之东隅收之桑榆What one loses on the swings, one gets back on the roundabouts. 塞翁失马安知非福？ A loss may turn out to be a gain.庆父不除鲁难未已There will always be trouble until the trouble-maker is removed. 几乎不含文化因子的比喻形象往往不能保留眉飞色舞his eyebrows are flying and his countenance is dancingto beam with joy粗枝大叶with big branches and large leavesto be crude and careless灯红酒绿with red lights and green wine dissipated and luxurious扬眉吐气to raise the eyebrows and let out a breathto feel proud and elated无孔不入to get into every holeto take advantage of every weakness开门见山to open the door and see the mountainto come straight to the point纸醉金迷with drunken paper and bewitched gold(a life of ) luxury and dissipation风雨飘摇the wind and rain are rocking (of a situation) being unstable 小题大做make a mountain out of a molehill 赴汤蹈火go through fire and water 过河拆桥kick down the ladder 格格不入be like square pegs in round holes 魂不附体jump out of one 's skin 乳臭未干be wet behind the ears 空中楼阁castle in the air 浑水摸鱼to fish in troubled water 班门弄斧to teach fish to swim 暗送秋波to make eye at 掌上明珠the apple of one 's eye一丘之貉birds of a feather flock together 家丑不可外扬It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. cut in a joke 插科打诨speak one ' s mind 畅所欲言be after One ' S OWn hea称心如意at one ' s fing-etirps 了如指掌fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼thousands upon thousands of 成千上万in deep water 水深火热turn UP One ' S nose 嗤之以鼻skin and bones 皮包骨头touch and go 一触即发from the cradle to the grave 一生一世hit the nail on the head 一语道破make fish of one and flesh of another 厚此薄彼lick Sb ' S bootS 巴结Stick to one ' S laSt 安分守己keep Sth under one 'S hat 保密eat one ' S heart out 极度悲痛be in Sb ' p s ocket 被某人操纵be in irons 被监禁Wear one ' S heart on one ' S SIeeVe表露感情Put one ' s cards on the table 表明观点eat like a bird 吃得极少catch forty winkS 打盹儿break the ice 打破僵局jump out of one ' S Skin吃一惊get cold feet 胆怯be driven from pillar to poSt 被逼得走投无路walk on air 得意洋洋get the green light 得到许可mend one' S fenceS 改善关系poke one ' S nose into Sth 干涉turn thumbS down on Sth 反对充耳不闻turn a deaf ear to 出人头地be head and ShoulderS above otherS 吹毛求疵pick a hole in Sb ' S coat 破釜沉舟burn one ' S boat大惊小怪make a fuss about大海捞针look for a needle in a bundle of hay 颠倒黑白talk black into white得意忘形have one's nose in the air 攀龙附凤worship the rising sun 大发雷霆hit the ceiling; fly into a rage 骑虎难下hold a wolf by the ears 视而不见turn a blind eye to 大吵大闹raise the roof 公开认错stand in a white sheet 有花不完的钱have enough money to burn 话中有话with the tongue in the cheek 获得全胜sweep the board 机敏keep one's eyes on the ball 坚决反对put one 's foot down; set one 's face against 简言之in a nutshell 侥幸by the skin of one 's teeth 结为良缘win the hand of 鸡毛蒜皮trifling开门见山come straight to the point狗急跳墙do sth desperate 顺手牵羊walk off with sth 守株待兔trust to chance and stroke of luck 铜墙铁壁an impregnable fortress 唇枪舌剑engage in a battle of words 黔驴技穷at one 's wit 's end 单枪匹马all by oneself 生龙活虎bursting with energy 截然不同oil and vinegar 家丑a skeleton in the cupboard; a family skeleton 觉得可疑smell a rat 鲁莽的人 a bull in a china shop捏造pull sth out of one ' s hat告发put the finger on 干苦差事hold [carry] the baby 反应快quick on the trigger; think on one 's feet恻隐之心the milk of human kindness 保密keep sth under one 's hat 注意形象的不同胆小如鼠as timid as a hare 如鱼得水like a duck to water 多如牛毛as plentiful as blackberries 一箭之遥at a stone 's throw 水中捞月to fish in the air 半瓶子醋half-baked 蠢得像猪as stupid as a goose 害群之马black sheep 挥金如土to spend money like water 烂醉如泥drunk as a sailor 热锅上的蚂蚁like a cat on a hot tin roof 瘦得像猴子as thin as a shadow 如履薄冰to tread upon eggs 棋逢敌手diamond cut diamond 挂羊头卖狗肉cry up wine and sell vinegar 火上加油to add fuel to the fire 趁热打铁Strike while the iron is hot. 隔墙有耳Walls have ears. 眼见为实Seeing is believing. 沧海一粟 a drop in the ocean 破釜沉舟burn one 's boat 竭泽而渔to drain a pond to catch all the fish to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 打草惊蛇to stir up the grass and alert the snaketo wake a sleeping dog 易如反掌to be as easy as turning over one 's handas easy as falling off a log掌上明珠a pearl in the palmthe apple of one ' s eye 守口如瓶to keep one ' s mouth closed like a bottle to keep a still tongue in one ' s head 雪中送炭to send charcoal in snowy weatherto help a lame dog over a stile 画蛇添足to draw a snake and add feet to itto paint the lily。