实用成语英译大全4

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 wiith　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 timeout roots