1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。

2. A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。

3. A bad thing never dies.坏事遗臭万年。

4. A bad workman always blames his tools.拙匠常怨工具差，不会撑船怪河弯。

5. A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.吠犬也比睡狮强。

6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。

7. A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

8. A book that remains shut is but a block.有书不读，书变木头。

9. A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。

10.A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。

11. A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却奉献了自己。

12. A cat has nine lives.猫有九命。

13. A cat may look at a king.小人物也该有权利。

14. A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入，祸从口出。

15. A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。

16. Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

17. Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。

18. Adversity makes a man wise not rich.逆境出人才。

19. A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。

20. A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。

21. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。

22. A fox may grow gray but never good.江山易改，本性难移。

23. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。

24. A friend is easier last than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。

25. A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。

26. A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。

27. “After you” is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌用语。

28. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端，成功的一半。

29. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。

30. A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。

31. A good fame is better than a good face.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。

32. A good medicine tastes bitter.美名胜过美貌。

33. A good wife's health is a man's best wealth.夫善则妻贤。

34. A great talker is a great liar.良药苦口。

35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。

36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。

37. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人信。

38. A light heart lives long.心情开朗寿命长。

39. A litter body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精华。

40. A litter knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解自欺欺人。

41. A litter pot is soon hot.壶小水易热。

42. All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。

43. All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。

44. All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。

45. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。

46. All that ends well is well.结果好就一切都好。/善始善终。

47. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定是金子。

48. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡是总是由难而易。

49. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。

50. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只会用工不会玩耍，聪明的孩子也会变傻。

51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。

52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应当量力而为。

53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。

54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。

55. A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。

56. A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。

57. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬以千里。

58. A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。

59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一个苹果，不用请医生。

60. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

62. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。

63. An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不乱吠。

64. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。

65. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。

66. As a man sows so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

67. A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。

68. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。

69. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。

70. A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言。

71. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

72. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。

73. A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相不真人。

74. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。

75. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。

76. A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

1.burn the boat 自绝退路,破釜沉舟

2.one's hairs stands on end/set sb's hair on end 发根竖立, 毛骨悚然

3.show the cloven hoof 露出原形

4.hang by a hair 千钧一发

5.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵

6.fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼

7.neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马

8.fish in the air 白费力气

9.a drop in the ocean 沧海一粟

10.laugh off one's head 笑破肚皮

11.be out at elbows 捉襟见肘

12.lay heads together 集思广益

13.know sth like the back of one's hand 对某事了如指掌

14.have an axe to grind 别有用心

意译法：

1.wake a sleeping dog 招惹是非

2.as easy as falling off a log 极容易

3.cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴;白费好意

4.help a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭

5.paint the lily 画蛇添足

6.as poor as Job 家贫如洗

7.a fly in the ointment 美中不足之处

8.reap what one has sown 自食其果

9.carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举;徒劳无功

10.be all thumbs笨手笨脚

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 personnal 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

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