1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

2.百闻不如一见 （眼见为实 ）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 cannot 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 without 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land of milk and honey

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 story 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

1 by hook or by brook 千方百计（idiom）

2 Pandora’s box 潘多拉的盒子（allusion）

3 have a tacit understanding 心照不宣（idiom）

4 Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残（proverb）

5 Birds of the same feature flock together 物以类聚（Proverb）

6 The child is father of the Man。 少年看老（maxim）

7 掩耳盗铃—Plug one’s ears while stealing a bell （allusion）

8 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮—Three cobblers with their wits combined equal

Zhu Ge liang the master of mind （common saying）

9 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。--As long as the green hills last, there will always be wood to burn.(proverb)

10 聪明反被聪明误-- Clever people may be victimsof their cleverness.(maxim)

11 泥菩萨过河（自身难保）like a clay idol forging river(allegorical)

12 热锅上的蚂蚁（走投无路）---an ant on a hot pot(allegorical saying)

Noah’s Ark 诺亚的方舟

crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪

cry wolf 狼来了

break the record 打破记录

to kill two birds with one stone 一石二鸟

闻名不如一见--To know someone by repute is not as good as meeting face to face.

Barking dogs do not bite.吠犬不咬人。

Who is contented, enjoys.知足者常乐。

Misfortunes never come singly.祸不单行。

It is harder to change human nature than to change rivers andmountains.江山难改，本性难移。

Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。

as light as a feather（or as thistle-down）轻如鸿毛

to take a load off one`s mind如释重负

to run in the same groove; to cut from the same cloth.如出一辙

to make a beast of oneself形同禽兽

He that hath been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳。

Shallow streams make most din.水深不响， 水响不深。

Money makes the mare go.有钱能使鬼推磨。

Reckless youth makes rueful age.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

Strike while the iron is hot 乘热打铁

Lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen.为时已晚。

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

Great boast, small roast.干打雷， 不下雨。

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. 杀鸡焉用宰牛刀。

as dumb as an oyster 守口如瓶

to hit someone below the belt/to stab someone in the back 暗箭伤人（below the belt来自于拳击，击中对手腰部以下是算犯规的；相应的口语中有一种说法：a low-blow，意为卑鄙的偷袭、手段。

as weak as water 弱不禁风

按图索骥 Looking for a steed with the aid of its picture

杯弓蛇影 Mistaking the reflection of a bow for snake

闭门造车 Building a cart behind closed doors

病入膏肓 The disease has attacked the vitals

草木皆兵 every bush and tree looks like an enemy

吹毛求疵 Blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect

打草惊蛇 Beating the grass and flushing out the snake

调虎离山 Luring the tiger out of the mountains

对牛弹琴 Playing the lute to a cow

负荆请罪 Bringing the birch and asking for flogging

功亏一篑 Running an enterprise for the lack of one basketful

故步自封 Content with staying where one is

含沙射影 spitting sand on a shadow-attacking by insinuation

狐假虎威 Basking in reflected glory

囫囵吞枣 Gulping down a whole date

画饼充饥 Allaying hunger with pictures of cakes

画龙点睛 Putting the finishing touch to the picture of a dragon

画蛇添足 Drawing a snake and adding feet

惊弓之鸟 Birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring

井底之蛙 A frog in a well

刻舟求剑 Notching the boat to find the sword

空中楼阁 A castle in the air

滥竽充数 Passing oneself off as a member of the orchestra

狼狈为奸 A wolf working hand in glove with a jackal

老马识途 An old horse knows the way

梁上君子 A gentleman on the beam

临渴掘井 Not digging a well until one is thirsty

满城风雨 A storm enveloping the city

盲人摸象 Blind men touching an elephant

毛遂自荐 Mao Sui recommending himself

门庭若市 A courtyard as crowded as a marketplace

名落孙山 Failing to pass an examination

南辕北辙 Going south by driving the chariot north

怒发冲冠 So angry that one’s hair lifts up one’s hat

披荆斩棘 Breaking open a way through brambles and thorns

蚍蜉撼树 An ant trying to shake a big tree

破釜沉舟 Smashing the cauldrons and sinking the boats

破镜重圆 A broken mirror made whole again

骑虎难下 When one rides a tiger, it is hard to dismount

杞人忧天 The man of Qi who worried that the sky would fall

黔驴技穷 The Guizhou donkey has exhausted its tricks

日暮途穷 The day is waning and the road is ending

如火如荼 Like a raging fire

如鱼得水 To feel just like a fish in water

入木三分 To enter three-tenths of an inch into the timber

塞翁失马 The old man of frontier lost his horse

三顾茅庐 paying three visits to the cottage

三人成虎 repeat a lie enough times and it will be believed

丧家之犬 A homeless dog

杀鸡吓猴 Killing the chicken to frighten the monkeys

甚嚣尘上 Making a great clamor

势如破竹 Like splitting bamboo

世外桃源 A heaven of peace and happiness

手不释卷 Always with a book in hand

守株待兔 Sitting by a stump, waiting for a careless hare

蜀犬吠日 A Sichuan dog barks at the sun.

束之高阁 Putting it on a high shelf

水落石出 when the water ebbs, stones will appear

四面楚歌 songs of Chu on all sides

谈虎色变 Turn pale at the mention of a tiger

昙花一现 A flower that vanishes as soon as it appears

螳臂当车 A mantis trying to halt a chariot

天花乱坠 As if it were raining flowers

天涯海角 The end of sky and the corner of the sea

同舟共济 Crossing a river in the same boat

偷天换日 Stealing the sky and changing the sun

天衣无缝 Divine garments without seams

图穷匕见 When the map is unrolled the dagger is revealed

完璧归赵 Returning the jade intact to Zhao

亡羊补牢 Mending the fold after the sheep have been stolen

望梅止渴 looking at plums to quench the thirst

望洋兴叹 Gazing at the ocean and sighing

为虎作伥 helping the tiger to Pounce upon its victims

卧薪尝胆 Sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall burn one′s boat 破釜沉舟

add fuel to the flames 火上加油

a rat in a hole 瓮中之鳖（洞中之鼠）

like a cat on hot bricks 像热锅上的蚂蚁（像热砖上的猫）

tread upon eggs 如履薄冰（踩在鸡蛋上）。

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