实用成语英译大全1

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 wi’s horizon； be an eye-opener