一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳
Once bitten, twice shy.
一言既出，驷马难追
A word spoken is past recalling.
一见钟情
to fall in love at first sight
笨鸟先飞
A slow sparrow should make an early start.
一寸光阴一寸金
Time is money.
一失足成千古恨
The error committed on impulse may turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life.
一将功名万古枯
What millions died that Caesar might be great.
一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨
Plan your year in spring and your day at dawn.
一人难称百人意
You cannot please everyone.
一气呵成
Never make two bites of a cherry.
一白遮三丑
A white complexion is powerful enough to hide seven faults.
一知半解
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一心一意
John is a person who always works with undivided attention.
一丘之貉
These people are cut from the same cloth./are tarred with the samebrush.
一目了然
His words just leapt to the eye. Do you need me to explain it?
一帆风顺
His business has gone off without a hitch.
一刻千金
You have to make good use of time. After all, every time counts.
一事无成
I am happy to know that all have ended in smoke about him.
一败涂地
The outcome of the election just bit the dust.
一针见血
His comment on the current affairs always hits the right nail on the head.
一清二楚
一意孤行
一落千丈
一鸣惊人
His performance at school really comes as a bombshell.
一诺千金
He never goes back on his word. He is as good as his word.
一时兴起
一蹴可及
You should know that it is impossible to make it at one stroke.
一筹莫展
一览无遗
If you stand here looking down at the city. The wonderful scenewill be in full view.
一窍不通
What you said is all Greek to me.
九死一生
to have a hair-breadth escape
九牛一毛
Compared with mine, his was simply a drop in the bucket.
人生如梦
Life is but a dream.
人生自古谁无死
Death comes to all men.
人生百岁古来稀
It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old.
人定胜天
Man can conquer nature.
人不可貌相
Appearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a look by its cover.
人山人海
How many people are there in the stadium? Believe it or not, a sea of faces
人之常情
人云亦云
人去楼空
Regretful to say, when the master was absent, his mansion was dead.
人面兽心
人言可畏
Opinion rules the world.
十年风水轮流转
Every dog has its day.
十全十美
The show just leaves nothing to be desired.
十拿九稳
We have winning the game in the bag.
十万火急
I am writing in hot haste to let you know that I will be there ontime.
了无瓜葛
That politician claimed that he had nothing to do with that scandal.
力不从心
A:Can you do me a favor?
B:Sorry, my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak.
力挽狂澜
He tried to stem the tide, but in vain.
入乡随俗
Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入木三分
It actually gave a vivid picture of cut the quick.
七上八下
七窍生烟
He was in a great fury (fuming with anger; ina great rage; terriblyfurious) and swore to get even with the opposite(跟对方报复)
七零八落
After the quake, the buildings went to rock and ruin.
八面玲珑
In fact, she dances and sings all weathers.
(her mill goes with all winds.)
三思而后行
Look before you leap.
三句不离本行
to talk shop
三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮
Two heads are better than one.
团结就是力量
Unity is strength.
三番两次
This guy is at me(找我碴) time after time.
三缄其口
千钧一发
to hang by a hair thread
大智若愚
He who can not play the fool is not a wise man.
大器晚成
Rome was not built in a day.
大海捞针
Finding your lost contact lens is just like looking for a needle in a haystack.
山穷水尽
山中无老虎，猴子称大王
小题大做
Make a mountain out of a molehill.
小洞不补，大来吃苦
A stitch in time saves nine.
小不忍则乱大谋
Patience is a virtue.
工欲善其事，必先利其器
You cannot make bricks without straw.
不要厚此薄彼
不畏艰难
Take the bull by the horns.
不要不自量力
己所不欲勿施于人
Do unto others as you would be done.
仁者无敌
The benevolent have no enemy
亡羊补牢
上气不接下气
I got out of breath when I climbed those stairs.
不辞而别
to take French leave
不要不自量力
不要厚此薄彼
不畏艰难
Take the bull by the horns.
不战而屈人之兵
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
不入虎穴焉得虎子
不经一事，不长一智
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
不舍昼夜(24小时)
Some convenience stores offer around the clock service.
不胜其烦
Your little brother is a pain in the neck.
少年老成
to have an old head on young shoulders
少不更事
Although she is 20, she was still wet behind the ears in some ways.
天无绝人之路
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
天下乌鸦一般黑
Crows are black all over the world.
天助自助者
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
It is the unexpected that always happens.
毛遂自荐
心正不怕雷打
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
心满意足
The little boy sat there smiling, as happy as a clam.
化干戈为玉帛
Bury the tomahwak(hatchet).
仁者无敌
The benevolent have no enemy.
100.今日事今日毕
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
文胜于武
The pen is mightier than the sword.
以身作则
to practice what one practices
以毒攻毒
to set a thief to catch a thief
以怨报德
to bite the hand that feeds one
以逸待劳
To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.
以寡敌众
to fight against longer odds
以德报怨
to render good for evil
以其人之道还治其人之身
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以子之矛，攻子之盾
四大皆空
All is vanity.
四海之内皆兄弟
All are brothers within the four seas.
未雨绸缪
Keep some extra money for a fainy day.
目不识丁
not know A from B
失败为成功之母
Failure is the mother of success.
失之毫釐，差之千里
A miss is as good as a mile.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
Little strokes fell great oaks.
毛遂自荐
打落水狗
打铁趁热
Strike while the iron is hot.
犯错是人之常情，宽恕是超凡的
To err is human; to forgive divine.
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
Little strokes fell great oaks.
白费唇舌
to waste your breath on him
生于忧患，死于安乐
Adversity spurs vitality, while comfort breeds sloth .
任劳任怨
to bear hardship without complaint
自作自受
As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自讨苦吃
自力更生
to shift for oneself
自扫门前雪
After us the deluge.
回头浪子
the return of a prodigal
先下手为强
Offence is the best defence.
同甘共苦
因地制宜
act according to circumstances
有勇无谋
more brave than wise
有备无患
Good watch prevents misfortune.
有志者事竟成
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有钱能使鬼推磨
Money makes the world go around. /Money talks.
有其父必有其子
Like father, like son.
江山易改本性难移
The child is father of the man.
百无一失
Not a single miss in a hundred times.
百依百顺
She expects us to jump through hoops for her.
百闻不如一见
To see is to believe.
吃得苦中苦，方为人上人
If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter.
每人一生中皆有得意之日
Every dog has his day.
色是假，美是空
Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty.
吉人自有天相
如愿以偿
The mayor finally got his way with the city council.
如人饮水冷暖自知
Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.
吃得苦中苦，方为人上人
No gain without pain.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃
The early bird catches the worm.
弄巧成拙
Overreach oneself
忍无可忍
忍一时之气免百日之忧
patience for a moment; comfort for many years
忘恩负义
to kick down the ladder
走马看花
a flying visit
防患于未然
to nip a thing in the bud
佛要金装，人要衣装
Fine feathers make fine birds.
兵精不必多
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
身在福中不知福
The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
你敬我一尺，我回你一丈
You scratch my back, and I will sratch yours.
别狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心
志在千里
Hitch your wagon to a star.
初出茅庐/一窍不通
He was a babe in the woods
否极泰来
After a storm comes a calm.
奇装异服
a fantastic garb
忠言逆耳
Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear
明辨是非
to distinguish right from wrong
知足常乐
Happy is he who is content
知足者富
He who feels contented is rich
知人知面不知心
知己知彼百战百胜
Know your enemy and know yourself.
空中楼阁
castles in the air
金科玉律
the gold rule
奇装异服
a fantastic garb
明辨事非
to distinguish right fromwrong
雨后春笋
ike bamboo shoots after a spring shower
雨过天青
After a storm comes a calm.
秀才不出门能知天下事
A scholor does not step outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under the sun.
事实胜于雄辩
Facts are most convincing.
来得容易去得快
Easy come, easy go.
金玉其外败絮其中
All that glitters is not gold.
兔子不吃窝边草
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
若要人不知除非己莫为
If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.
没有笑脸不出门
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
虎父无虎子
Like father, like son.
往者不可谏，来者犹可追
A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
见异思迁
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
物竞天择
物以类聚
Birds of a feather flock together.
夜以继日
The nurse was with the patient day and night.
英雄所见略同
Great minds think alike.
于事无补
Complaining is of little(no) avail. It is better for you to take action now.
姻缘天注定
Marriages are made in heaven.
逆来顺受
to make the best of a bad bargain
流芳百世
a niche in the temple of fame
为虎作伥
to act as guide to a tiger
孤注一掷
勇者不惧
A brave man will not shrink from dangers.
洗心革面
to turn over a new leaf
美中不足
a fly in the ointment
200.背道而驰
to run counter
赴汤蹈火
to go through fire and water
风烛残年
to have one foot in the grave
风声鹤唳，草木皆兵
to apprehend danger in every sound
活到老学到老
前事不忘后事之师
Remember the past and it will guide your future.
星星之火可以燎原
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
待人宽容如待己
Live and let live.
按部就班
Learn to walk before you run.
南辕北辙
The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor.
病从口入祸从口出
Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.
笑里藏刀
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
海底捞月
to fish in the air
海底捞针
to look for a needle in a bundle of hay
差之毫釐，差之千里
A miss is as good as a mile.
既往不咎
Let the dead bury their dead.
杀身成仁
杀鸡焉用牛刀
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly
飢不择食
A good appetite is a good sauce.
害群之马
black sheep
家丑不可外扬
恩威并济
alternate weakness with severity
旁观者清
The outside sees the best of the game.
时运不济
to have a bad time
殊途同归
All roads lead to Rome.
众志成城/团结就是力量
Union is strenth.
疾风知劲草
Adversity reveals genius.
旁观者清，当局者迷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
莫在太岁头上动土
Let sleeping dogs lie
得意忘形
捷足先登
The early bird catches the worm.
欲速则不达
Haste makes waste
欲速则不达
More haste, less speed.
欲加之罪，何患无辞
Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him.
混水摸鱼
to fish in troubled waters
贪小失大
penny-wise and pound-foolish
习惯成自然
once a use forever a custom
挂羊头卖狗肉
cry up wine and sell vinegar
贫无立锥之地
as poor as a church mouse
雪中送炭真君子
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
异想天开
集思广义
Two heads are better than one.
得过且过
to live from hand to mouth
情人眼里出西施
Love is blind.
情有独钟
All the girls liked Kevin, but he had eyes only for Mary
冤家宜解不宜结
Better remove enmity than contract it.
眼不见为淨
Out of sight, out of mind.
脱口而出
A slip of the tongue can sometimes land you in trouble
设身处地
Sometimes you have to learn to be in my shoes.
智者千虑，必有一失
Homer sometimes nods.
胜不骄败不馁
to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure
富贵在天
Riches and honors come from heaven.
智者不惑
A wise man is free from perplexities.
无风不起浪
There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.
画蛇添足
to paint the lily
趁火打劫
to fish in troubled waters
量入为出
阳奉阴违
ostensible obedience
跑了和尚跑不了庙
万物之灵
the lords of creation
万事开头难
Everything is difficult at the start
万无一失
not a single miss in a thousand times.
落井下石
隔墙有耳
Pitchers have ears; walls have ears.
挑灯夜战
Burn the midnight oil.
开诚佈公
He always opens his heart to his spouse when he has a problem.
盗亦有道
Dog does not eat dog.
善有善报
One kindness is the price of another.
损人利己
to enrich oneself at others expense
置之死地而后生
Put the troops in death ground and they will live.
道高一尺魔高一丈
While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.
预防胜于治疗
Prevention is better than cure.
新官上任三把火
New brooms sweep clean.
塞翁失马焉知非福
Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.
路遥知马力日久见人心
A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man.
沧海一栗
a drop in the bucket
盖棺论定
Judge none blessed before his death.
岁月不饶人
Time and tide wait for no man.
经验即良师
Experience is the teacher.
微不足道
勤能补拙
Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence.
寿终正寝
寡不击众
There is no contending against odds.
对牛弹琴
to cast pearls before swine
祸不单行
Misfortunes never come single.
饱食终日无所事事
to eat the bread of idleness
慷他人之慨
远亲不如近邻
Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors.
种瓜得瓜种豆得豆
You must reap what you have sown.
乐极生悲
After joy comes sadness.
说曹操到曹操就到
Talk of the devil and the devil comes.
团结就是力量
Union is strength.
需要为发明之母
Necessity is the mother of invention.
满招损，谦受益
Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits.
恶有恶报
He that does evil shall find evil.
恶事传千里
Bad news travels quickly.
熟能生巧
Practice makes perfect.
缓兵之计
a fabian policy
缘木求鱼
to get water from a flint
300.适者生存
the survival of the fittest
穷寇莫追
A cornered animal is a dangerous foe.
积少成多
Every little makes a mickle.
钱可通神
Money can move even the gods.
谋事在人成事在天
Man proposes and God disposes.
学问无捷径
There is no royal road/shortcut to learning.
机不可失
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
优胜劣败
The weakest goes to the wall.
声东击西
to look one way and row another
南辕北辙
The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor.
脍炙人口
螳臂挡车
to kick against the pricks
鞠躬尽瘁
to give the last measure of devotion
聪明反被聪明误
旧调重谈
to harp on the same string
礼尚往来
Courtesy on one side cannot last long..
礼多必诈
full of courtesy, full of craft
声嘶力竭
He was talking at the top of his voice.
覆水难收
转石不生苔
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
转败为胜
to convert defeat into victory
鞭长莫及
关公门前耍大刀
严以责己宽以待人
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others
铁石心肠
a heart of steel
听天由命
to be guided by destiny
326.骄兵必败
Pride goes before a fall.
