雅思写作高分干货：35个成语的英文表达（上）

1. 金无足赤人无完人

Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect

2. 大开眼界

open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener

3. 好了伤疤忘了疼

once on shore, one prays no more

4. 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

5. 功夫不负有心人

Everything comes to him who waits

6. 唯利是图

draw water to one's mill

7. 好事不出门恶事传千里

Good news never goes beyond the gate,while bad news spread far and wide

8. 和气生财

Harmony brings wealth

9. 活到老学到老

One is never too old to learn

10. 既往不咎

let bygones be bygones

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. 金玉满堂

Treasures fill the home

13. 脚踏实地

be down-to-earth

14. 脚踩两只船

sit on the fence

15. 君子之交淡如水

the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal;a hedge between keeps friendship green

16. 老生常谈陈词滥调

cut and dried,cliché

17. 礼尚往来

Courtesy calls for reciprocity

18. 留得青山在不怕没柴烧

Where there is life,there is hope

19. 马到成功

achieve immediate victory;win instant success

20. 名利双收

gain in both fame and wealth

21. 茅塞顿开

be suddenly enlightened

22. 没有规矩不成方圆

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards

23. 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

24. 谋事在人成事在天

The planning lies with man,the outcome with Heaven Man proposes,God disposes

25. 弄巧成拙

be too *art by half;Cunning outwits itself

26. 拿手好戏

masterpiece

27. 赔了夫人又折兵

throw good money after bad

28. 抛砖引玉

a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions;throw a sprat to catch a whale

29. 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

30. 抢得先机

take the preemptive opportunities

31. 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

32. 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

33. 前事不忘后事之师

Past experience,if not forgotten,is a guide for the future

34. 前人栽树后人乘凉

One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests One sows and another reaps

35. 前怕狼后怕虎

fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something