常用成语英汉互译（转）

四十不惑 Life begins at forty.
　　谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
　　水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
　　时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
　　杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel
　　实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
　　说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
　　实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
　　实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
　　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; "
　　韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time
　　糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets
　　天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
　　团结就是力量 Unity is strength.
　　“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 "
　　歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
　　物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
　　往事如风 "The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
　　望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child
　　屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
　　文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy
　　唯利是图 draw water to one's mill
　　无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
　　无中生有 make/create something out of nothing
　　无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
　　徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
　　新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean
　　虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
　　蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off
　　心想事成 May all your wish come true
　　心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
　　先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.
　　先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound
　　像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan
　　现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example
　　息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters
　　喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear
　　循序渐进 step by step
　　一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
　　严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
　　鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey
　　有情人终成眷属 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
　　有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
　　有识之士 people of vision
　　有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain
　　有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
　　与时俱进 advance with times
　　以人为本 people oriented; people foremost
　　因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude
　　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."
　　欲速则不达 Haste do

So said, so done.
言出必行

Haste makes waste. More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达

Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.
未雨绸缪

Like knows like.
惺惺相惜

It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.
狡兔三窟

teach fish to swim
班门弄斧

A blessing in disguise
因祸得福

Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood
磨刀不误砍柴工 　

When in Rome, do as Roman do.
入乡随俗

Deal with a man as he deals with you.
以其人之道还治其人之身

Look before you leap.
三思而后行

A good beginning makes a good ending.
善始善终

Where there is s will，there is a way.
有志者事竟成

Time and tide wait for no man.
时不待人

Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁

It's never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢

There is no smoke without fire.
无风不起浪

Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕

Put the cart before the horse.
本末倒置

Pride goes before a fall.
骄兵必败

Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧

to judge a person by the clothes he wears
不能以貌取人

to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮

More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。

Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳

Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬

Waste not, want not.
俭则不匮

When a man is going down-hill, everyone will give him a push.
墙倒众人推

Words are but wind.
耳听为虚