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有志者，事竟成 Where there’s a will,there’s a way.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.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笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.不眠之夜 white night 不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 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大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace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 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn. 既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché 礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.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. 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.拿手好戏 masterpiece赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale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抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 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.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前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something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. 强强联手 win-win co-operation瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. " 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 死而后已 until my heart stops beating岁岁平安 Peace all year round上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.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." 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)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 does not bring success. 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful债台高筑 become debt-ridden致命要害 Achilles' heel 众矢之的 target of public criticism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.纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place

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爱屋及屋：Love House and estate下马威：Putting on airs right at the beginning of one's Office阿弥陀佛：Amitabha好事不出门，恶事行千里：Good things do not go out, evil and thousands阿谀奉承：Flattering百闻不如一见：It is better to see once than hear a hundred times癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉：Toad would eat a Swan八仙过海，各显神通：The Eight Immortals, each忠言逆耳：Good advice jars on the ear平步青云：How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying不孝有三，无后为大：Three unfilial, no designation for large前不见古人，后不见来者：Ancients disappeared before, not after players八面玲珑：Eight-side exquisite路见不平，拔刀相助：Unfair on the road, take up the cudgels against an injustice不打自招：Mineo Nakajima打破沙锅问到底：Insist on getting to the bottom of the matter背井离乡：Uprooted from their homes哗众取宠：The Gallery疾风知劲草：Adversity tries a friend画虎不成反类犬：Painting a tiger counter-dog才高八斗：A man of great talent画龙点睛：Put the finishing touch优柔寡断：Indecision有口无心：Say what one does not mean高深莫测：Canny bureaucratic infighter...

有志者，事竟成 Where there’s a will,there’s a way.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.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笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.不眠之夜 white night 不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 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大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace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 功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth活到老，学到老 One is never too old to learn. 既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 老生常谈，陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché 礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 "Where there is life, there is hope."马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.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. 谋事在人，成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.拿手好戏 masterpiece赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale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抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 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.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前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something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. 强强联手 win-win co-operation瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. " 世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 死而后已 until my heart stops beating岁岁平安 Peace all year round上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.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." 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)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 欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success. 优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.冤假错案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful债台高筑 become debt-ridden致命要害 Achilles' heel 众矢之的 target of public criticism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.纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place xixi

谚语是人类智慧的结晶，是富于色彩的语言形式,它同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华,一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征。在一定程度上，英语谚语反映了英语民族的文化特点。英语谚语源远流长，它既有民间流传的谚语，又有来自《圣经》的、来自莎士比亚作品的和来自《伊索寓言》的，还有很多外来谚语。英语谚语中有许多有关动物的谚语，本人收集了以下几条：1.Bird(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得。(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。 (4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。 (6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠). 用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。） (9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。 2. Cat (1) A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。(2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。 (3) All cats are grey in the dark.. 黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。） (4) A gloved cat catches no mice. 戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。）(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。）(6) Who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？） (7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）(8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter. 杀猫的办法很多。（达到目的的途径很多。） (9) Care kill a cat. 忧虑愁死猫。3. Chicken (1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。（不要过早乐观。）4. Crow(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。5. Dog(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词. (2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with. 欲加之罪，何患无词.(3) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌.(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。 (5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。 (9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at. 狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。（不要以貌取人。）(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。 (11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger. 莫学狗占马槽不吃草。（不要占着茅坑不拉屎。）(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。6. Frog (1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。7. Fox(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸毛色可变灰，但是本性难移。(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole. 狐狸捕食，远离洞府。（兔子不吃窝边草。） (3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese. 每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候，母鸡就得注意。

林纾。林纾不懂外文，选择原本之权全操于口译者之手，因而也产生了一些疵误，如把名著改编或删节的儿童读物当作名著原作，把莎士比亚和易卜生的剧本译成小说，把易卜生的国籍误成德国等。即使这样，林纾仍然译了40余种世界名著，这在中国，不曾有过第二个。林纾翻译小说始于光绪二十三年（1897年），与精通法文的王寿昌合译法国小仲马《巴黎茶花女遗事》，二十五年一月在福州由畏庐刊行。这是中国介绍西洋小说的第一部，为国人见所未见，一时风行全国，备受赞扬。接着他受商务印书馆的邀请专译欧美小说，先后共译作品180 余种。介绍有美国、英国、法国、俄国、希腊、德国、日本、比利时、瑞士、挪威、西班牙的作品。单行本主要由商务印书馆刊行，未出单行本的多在《小说月报》、《小说世界》上刊载。跟林合译美英作品者有魏易、曾宗巩、陈家麟、毛文钟等，合译法国作品者有王寿昌、王庆通、王庆骥、李世中等。林纾译得最多的是英国哈葛德，有《迦因小传》、《鬼山狼侠传》等20种；其次为英国柯南道尔，有《歇洛克奇案开场》等7种。林译小说属于世界名作家和世界名著的，有俄国托尔斯泰的《现身说法》等6种，法国小仲马《巴黎茶花女遗事》等5种，大仲马《玉楼花劫》等2种，英国狄更斯的《贼史》等5种，莎士比亚的《凯撒遗事》等4种，司各特的《撒克逊劫后英雄略》等3种，美国欧文的《拊掌录》等3种，希腊伊索的《伊索寓言》，挪威易卜生的《梅孽》，瑞士威斯的《□巢记》，西班牙塞万提斯的《魔侠传》，英国笛福的《鲁滨孙飘流记》，菲尔丁的《洞冥记》，斯威夫特的《海外轩渠录》，斯蒂文森的《新天方夜谭》，里德的《吟边燕语》，安东尼·霍普的《西奴林娜小传》，美国斯托夫人的《黑奴吁天录》，法国巴尔扎克的《哀吹录》，雨果的《双雄义死录》，日本德富健次郎的《不如归》。

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 end40.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