成语熟语翻译

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草绳Oncebitten,twiceshy.一言既出，驷马难追

Awordspokenispastrecalling.一见钟情

tofallinloveatfirstsight一箭双鵰/一举两得

Killtwobirdswithonestone.一寸光阴一寸金

Timeismoney.一失足成千古恨

Theerrorcommitted

onimpulse

may

turnout

tobethesorrowofawholelife.一将功名万骨枯

WhatmillionsdiedthatCaesarmightbegreat.一年之计在于春，一日之计在于晨

Planyouryearinspringandyourdayatdawn.一人难称百人意

Youcannotpleaseeveryone.一气呵成

Nevermaketwobitesofacherry.

小Car笔记：

onimpulse：一时冲动，一时心血来潮

turnout：结果是，证明是一白遮三丑Awhite

complexion

ispowerfulenoughtohidesevenfaults.一知半解Alittleknowledgeisadangerousthing.一心一意Johnisapersonwhoalwaysworkswith

undividedattention.一丘之貉Thesepeoplearecutfromthesamecloth./are

tarred

withthesamebrush.一目了然Hiswordsjustleapttotheeye.Doyouneedmetoexplainit?一帆风顺Hisbusinesshas

goneoff

withoutahitch.一刻千金Youhaveto

makegooduseof

time.Afterall,everytimecounts.一事无成Iamhappytoknowthatallhaveendedinsmokeabouthim.一败涂地Theoutcomeoftheelectionjust

bitthedust.一针见血His

commenton

thecurrentaffairsalwayshitstherightnailonthehead.小Car笔记：undividedattention：一心一意

gooff：进行，响起，入睡，变质

withoutahitch：顺利无阻地(轻易地)

bitthedust：倒下死去(一败涂地,受辱)

commenton：对...评论一清二楚Theaccountsseemtobeasclearas

crystal.一意孤行Thatboyisalwaysgoinghisownway.Hewon'tlistentohisparents'advice.一落千丈Myson'sschoolworkhasgonetopot.Hereallyletsmedown.一鸣惊人Hisperformanceatschoolreallycomesasa

bombshell.一诺千金Henevergoesbackonhisword.Heisasgoodashisword.一时兴起Don'talwaysdothingsbyfitsandsnatches.一蹴可几Youshouldknowthatitisimpossibletomakeitatonestroke.一筹莫展Ireallyhavenoideawhattodo.NowIamatmy

wit'send.一览无遗Ifyoustandherelookingdownatthecity.Thewonderfulscenewillbeinfullview.一窍不通WhatyousaidisallGreektome.

小Car笔记：

wit'send:技穷人生而平等Allmenarecreatedequal.人山人海aseaoffaces：Howmanypeoplearethereinthestadium?

Believeitornot,aseaoffaces.

人之常情humannature：It'shumannatureformetohelpthosewhoneedhelp.人云亦云echoothers'words：Don'techoothers'words.Sometimesyou'vegotto

findoutthetruth.人去楼空Regretfultosay,whenthemasterwasabsent,his

mansion

wasdead.人面兽心awolfinsheep'sclothing：Heiscruelenoughtokillthatgirl;he'sreallyawolfinsheep'sclothing.人言可畏Opinionrulestheworld：AlwaysrememberwhatIsaytoyou.Opinionrulestheworld.

十年风水轮流转Everydoghasitsday.十全十美leavenothingtobedesired：Theshowjustleavesnothingtobedesired.十拿九稳Wehavewinningthegameinthebag.

小Car笔记：

believeitornot：信不信由你

findoutthetruth：查明真相十万火急inhothaste：IamwritinginhothastetoletyouknowthatIwillbethereontime.了无瓜葛havenothingtodowith：Thatpoliticianclaimedthathehadnothingtodowiththatscandal.力不从心myspiritiswilling,butmyfleshisweak：A:Canyoudomeafavor?B:Sorry,myspiritiswilling,butmyfleshisweak.力挽狂澜tryto

stem

thetide：Hetriedtostemthe

tide,but

invain.入境随俗DoinRomeasthe

Romans

do.入木三分Itactuallygavea

vivid

pictureofcutthe

quick.(leavean

indelible

impression)七上八下tobesixesandsevens：Don'ttalktomenowbecauseIamallatsixesandsevens.(withone'sheartgoing

pitapat)七窍生烟Hewasinagreat

fury

(fuming

withanger;inagreatrage;terriblyfurious)andsworetogetevenwiththeopposite(跟对方报复).七零八落Afterthequake,thebuildingswenttorockandruin.八面玲珑smoothandabletowinfavouron

allsides.

小Car笔记：

invain：徒劳

allsides：各方面三思而后行Lookbeforeyouleap.三句不离本行totalkshop三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮Twoheadsarebetterthanone.三番两次Thisguyis

atme

timeaftertime.(timeandagain;timeandtimeagain.)三缄其口You'dbetterholdyourpeace,oryou'll

askfor

trouble.千钧一发tohangbyahairthread/atthecriticaltime千锤百炼Agoodnaildoesnotfearthehammer.(steeledandtempered;gonethroughfireandwater)千载难逢Itonlyhappensonceinabluemoon.(It

chances

inanhourthathappensnotinsevenyears.)千变万化Theunexpectedalwayshappens.大刀阔斧It'ssaidthatthenew

executive

willgothewhole

hog

(reforminabigway.)

小Car笔记：

atme：找我茬

askfor：要，要求，找

chance：偶然发生，碰巧，冒...(的险)【常用短语】①chanceon碰巧遇见,偶然发现②afatchancen.<俚>微小的机会大同小异muchofmuchness：Thetwoarticlesare

muchofmuchness

(bealikewithminordifference;There'snotapintochoosebetweenthetwo)inappearanceandquality.大言不惭blowyourowntrumpet：Youreallyblowyourown

trumpet.(talkbig;overshootoneself)大快朵颐TheyaresodeliciousthatIatemyfill.(gorge

oneself;

tuck

inat;have/takeone'sfill.)

大功告成Thebigprojectfinally

cameoff

withhonors(bringhomethebacon;comethroughwithflyingcolors).大智若愚Hewhocannot

playthefool

isnotawiseman.大器晚成Romewasnotbuiltinaday.大海捞针needleinahaystack：Findingyourlost

contactlens

isjustlikelookingforaneedleinahaystack.山穷水尽attheendofone'sresources山中无老虎，猴子称大王Amongtheblindtheone-eyedisking./Whenthecat'saway,themicewillplay.小题大做Makeamountainoutofa

molehill.(

fuss

about

trifles;a

tempest

inateapot;astorminateacup;breakabutterflyonawheel)小Car笔记：

muchofamuchness：大同小异verymuchthesame

tuck：<俚>大吃，通常后面接away/in<tuckedawayabiglunch>

comeoff：实现，发生

bringhomethebacon：成功，也有养家糊口，谋生的意思

playthefool：干蠢事，演滑稽角色

contactlens：隐形眼镜一视同仁Hetreatseveryone

acrosstheboard.一模一样Thesetwinslookaslikeastwopeas.一时兴起Hedoeseverything

onthespurofthemoment.九死一生tohaveahair-breadthescape九牛一毛Comparedwithmine,hiswassimply

adropinthebucket.人生如梦Lifeisbutadream.人生自古谁无死Deathcomestoallmen.人生百岁古来稀Itis

seldom

thatamanlivestobeahundredyearsold.人定胜天Mancan

conquer

nature.人不可貌相Appearancesareoften

deceptive./Neverjudgeabookbyitscover.

小Car笔记：

acrosstheboard：包括一切地,全面地

onthespurofthemoment：一时冲动地,立刻

adropinthebucket：沧海一粟

conquer：征服，占领，战胜，得胜。

【常用短语】①divideandconquer：分步解决，分治

②stooptoconquer：降低自己的身分去...小不忍则乱大谋Patienceisa

virtue.小洞不补，大来吃苦A

stitch

intime

savesnine.工欲善其事，必先利其器Sharptoolsmakegoodwork.己所不欲勿施于人Do

unto

othersasyouwouldbedone.亡羊补牢Betterlatethannever./It'snevertoolatetomend.上气不接下气IgotoutofbreathwhenIclimbedthosestairs.寸步不离Healwayskeepsbookathiselbow.(keepcloseto)口若悬河Healwaystalksninewordsatonce.(rattleon)仁者无敌The

benevolent

havenoenemy.口是心非Heoftenspeakswithhistongueinhischeek.(playadoublegame;sayonethingandmeananother)

小Car笔记：

intime：及时

unto：作介词，表示直到，到……为止。【常用短语】①alawuntooneself独断独行②sickuntodeath病得厉害

rattleon：喋喋不休的讲话不可一世Ireallydon'tknowwhysheisalwaysasproudasa

peacock.不可救药His

deep-rooted

badhabitsaresimply

beyondremedy.不由自主inspiteofoneself：Heisoften

absent-minded

and

dozedoff

inspiteofhimselfinclass.不自量力Ifhedoesso,hereallygoesbeyondhisdepth.Noonecanbeatthatguy.(overrateone'sabilities)不屈不挠Althoughhehasfailedseveraltimes,hestillkeepshischinup.(assteadyasarock;firmand

unyielding;fightfortoothandnail;hangonbytheeyelashes;sticktoone'scolor)不知死活Johnisreally

heedless

ofconsequences.Ibelievesomedayhewill

askfortrouble.不知好歹Takemyadviceintoconsideration.Don'tknowchalkfromcheese.不耻下问Toimproveyourstudies,yougottobenotaboveaskingquestions.不假思索Heisgoodatspeech.Heoftenspeaks

impromptu.不偏不倚Youshouldbelievethatthejudgeheldthescaleseven.

小Car笔记：beyondremedy：不可救药，病入膏肓

dozedoff：打瞌睡(打盹儿)

askfortrouble：自找麻烦，自讨苦吃不期而遇Icameacrossanoldfriendofmineinadepartmentstore.(chancetomeet，bump

into，comeupon，meet...accidentally/unexpectedly/bychance/byaccident)不速之客Youarereallya

thick-skinned

andgate-crasher.不义之财Don'tbe

envious.

Ill-gotten

moneycomeseasilyandgoeseasilytoo.不谋而合seeeyetoeye：Doyouseeeyetoeyewithhimonthatplan?不厌其烦takesthetrouble：Theteacheroftentakesthetroubletoinstructhispupils.不遗余力Butthe

conspirators

leavenoavenueunexploredto

re-establish

contactwithBritain.不择手段byhookorbycrook：Hejustdidtheworkbyhookorbycrook.不翼而飞Didyouseethatplane?Itseemsthatitjust

vanished

fromsight.不声不响asquiet/silent/stillasamouse：Shewasasquiet/silent/stillasamouseandleft.不识抬举Bringacowtothehallandshewillruntothe

byre.(failtoappreciatesb'skindness/notknowhowtoappreciatefavor)小Car笔记：thick-skinned：厚皮的，厚脸皮的，不敏感的口蜜腹剑Ahoneytongue,aheartof

gall.(be

nasty-nice;Beesthathavehoneyintheirmouthshavestingsintheirtails.)久别情疏Outofsight,outofmind.(Farfromeye,farfromheart.Longabsent,soonforgotten.Seldomseen,soonforgotten.)不告而别Frenchleave不要不自量力Don'tputaquarterintoapintpot.不要厚此薄彼Don'tmakefishofoneandfleshofanother.不畏艰难Takethebullbythehorns.不战而屈人之兵The

supreme

artofwaristo

subdue

theenemywithoutfighting.不入虎穴焉得虎子Howcanoneobtaintiger-cubswithoutenteringthetiger's

lair.不经一事，不长一智Experienceisthemotherofwisdom.不胜其烦apainintheneck：Yourlittlebrotherisapainintheneck.

小Car笔记：

nasty-nice：笑里藏刀的

Frenchleave：悄悄离去，不辞而别。这个用法来自于18世纪法国风俗，不通知主人而自己离开。心正不怕雷打Agood

conscience

isasoftpillow.心甘情愿Hedidallthisofhisownaccord.心不在焉Youlookabsent-minded;what'swrong?心满意足Thelittleboysattheresmiling,ashappyasaclam.心力交瘁Idon'tknowwhattodo.Ijustburnedthecandleatbothends.心灰意冷Hewasinblackdespairwhenhefailedinthejointexamination.(downinthe

bushes/inthe

dumps/loseheart)

心有余悸Aburnedchild

dreads

thefires.(Oncebitten,twiceshy.)心安理得Nomatterwhathesaid,Ihavethepeaceofmind.(haveaneasyconscience)心血来潮Hediditjustonthe

impulse

ofthemoment.心花怒放MyheartsingswithjoybecauseIreceiveover300lettersaweekfrompeoplearoundtheworld.

小Car笔记：dread：惧怕，恐惧【常用词组】①indreadofsomeone：害怕某人②indreadofone'slife：害怕有生命危险

impulse：冲动，心血来潮【常用词组】①impulsebuying：即兴购买，未经考虑仅凭一时冲动的购物行为

②electricalimpulse：电脉冲少年老成tohaveanoldheadonyoungshoulders少不更事wetbehindtheears：Althoughsheis20,shewasstillwetbehindtheearsinsomeways.天无绝人之路God

tempers

thewindtothe

shornlamb./Whenonedoorshutsanotheropens.天下乌鸦一般黑Crows

areblack

allovertheworld.

天助自助者Heavenhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves.天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福Itistheunexpectedthatalwayshappens.天衣无缝Thesetwoideasjustfitlikeaglove.天涯海角endsoftheearth：I'llfindhimtotheendsoftheearth.(out-of-the-wayplaces;theuttermost

partoftheearth)天经地义amatterofcourse：It'samatterofcoursetorespectourelders.(auniversaltruth;itgoeswithoutsayingthat...)

毛遂自荐torecommendone'sownperson

小Car笔记：shornlamb：已剪过毛的羔羊

crow：乌鸦

allovertheworld：全世界火上加油Don'tbotherher,oryou'llpouroilontheflame.支离破碎Thecarwassoseriouslydamagedthatitwastorntopieces.(in

shreds;

rip

apart)匹夫之勇Fightingwithhimisjustcouragewithoutdiscipline.(brute

courage)比比皆是Thiskindofmallcanbefoundhereandthereandeverywhere.(rightandleft)切肤之痛Nooneknowswheretheshoe

pinches

likethe

wearer.夫唱妇随AgoodJackmakesagoodJill.引狼入室IknowI'llsetafoxtokeepthegeeseifItakehimforagoodfriend.引以为荣Iamreallyproudofmyself.(plume

oneselfon;prideoneselfon;takepridein)日薄西山Nowheknowsthathisdaysarenumbered.(nottobelongforthisworld;Thesandsarerunningout.)水乳交融Thatcouplearereallyhandand(in)glovewitheachother.(befingerandglovewith)

小Car笔记：shred：碎片【常用短语】①inshreds：支离破碎

②teartoshreds：撕碎(驳得体无完肤)

rip：撕，剥，扯

【常用短语】①ripoff：收取不合理的高价，宰客

②ripup：撕碎

plumeoneselfon：因...而自鸣得意，以...而沾沾自喜水性杨花Theygotdivorcedforhethinkshiswifewasunstableaswater.(aschangeableasthemoon;Awoman'smindandwinterwindchangeoff.)水深火热The

rebels

wereindeepwaterand

oppressed

everyday.水落石出Thepolicearenow

lookinginto

thecase,andIsuppose,thetruthwilloutsoon.(bebroughttolight;comeoutinthewash;Murderisouttruthlies

atthebottomof

awell.)分文不值notworthadump：Whatyouboughtyesterdayisactuallynotworthadump.分身乏术I'mnowdoingmyhomework,soIcan'tbeintwoplacesatonce.分秒必争Everyminutecounts.分道扬镳Theyhavealreadygoneseparateways.(partcompany)化险为夷ItisJohnwhohelpsme

weatherthestorm.(escape/go/getoff

scot-free;

bearacharmedlife)斤斤计较Forgetaboutit.Don't

strainat

gnat.Heneedsmoneylately.(lookatbothsidesofapenny;

skinaflint)以身作则Yougottopracticewhatonepractices.(setagoodexampleforothers)

小Car笔记：lookinto：调查，看看，浏览

atthebottomof：在……的底部

weatherthestorm：克服困难(渡过难关)

bearacharmedlife：有护身符(天庇神佑，吉人天相)

strainat：用力，不肯接受

skinaflint：极吝啬，斤斤计较毛骨悚然hairstandonend：That

weird-lookingpersonreallymakesmyhairstandonend.(getgoosebumps;makeone'sfleshcreep)打落水狗tohitapersonwhenhe'sdown打铁趁热Strikewhiletheironishot.(Make

hay

whilethesunisshining.)打抱不平Heoften

bullies

you.Ireallytakeupthe

cudgel

foryou.打草惊蛇Let'sstayhereinordernottowakeasleepingdog.(wakeasleepinglion/woof)犯错是人之常情，宽恕是超凡的To

err

ishuman;toforgive

divine.平白无故withoutrhymeorreason：Don'ttakeothers'moneywithoutrhymeorreason.(withoutprovocation)

白费唇舌towasteyourbreathonhim生于忧患，死于安乐Adversity

spurs

vitality,whilecomfortbreeds

sloth.永垂不朽Thegeneral'snamewillbealwaysrememberedand

eternally

immortal.

小Car笔记：hay：干草，割草晒干

【短语词组】①hitthehay：上床睡觉

②makehayof：使混乱

bully：恃强凌弱，威胁，恐吓【短语词组】①playthebully：欺软怕硬

②comethebullyoversomeone：欺压某人

err：犯错，做错【短语词组】①errontherightside：选择稳妥的做法②erronthesideof：过分表现，宁可

withoutprovocation：无缘无故

vitality：活力，生命力【短语词组】①economicvitality：经济活跃四大皆空Allis

vanity.四海之内皆兄弟Allarebrotherswithinthefourseas.四面八方Thesefolkscomefrominalldirections(farandwide;thereandeverywhere;lengthandbreadth)四海为家Idon'tknowwhereJackisnow;inmymind,heisapersonwhoisheretodayandgonetomorrow.未雨绸缪take

precautions

beforeitistoolate目不识丁notknowAfromB/an

illiterate失败为成功之母Failureisthemotherofsuccess.失之毫厘，差之千里Amissisasgoodasamile.只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针Littlestrokesfellgreat

oaks.毛遂自荐torecommendone'sownperson

小Car笔记：vanity：虚无，浮云

illiterate：文盲，目不识丁

【常用词组】①functionalilliterate：职业上的文盲

②illiteratepopulation未受教育的人口

recommend：推荐【常用词组】recommend

substitutes：推荐代用器平分秋色Hedidquitewell,butIstillthinkhisisoneequaltermswithher.平步青云Whatanamazingthing!Heshouldmakeasmashinghitinashorttime.(beatthetopoftheladder;cometothetopovernight;

hitthejackpot)平易近人Heisapersoneasyto

getalongwith.(bewelldisposed;haveatakingwaywithonehavethecommontouch)未雨绸缪Don'ttakeeverytingfor

granted.It'sbetterforyouto

layup

againstarainyday.(prepareforarainyday)功败垂成aslip

betwixt

cupandthelip：Ihatetotellyouthatyourplanisaslipbetwixtcupandthelip.可歌可泣Hissacrificeforthecountrysetusin

ameltingmood.本末倒置Don'tputthe

cart

beforethehorse.甘拜下风Wouldyouliketoplaywithmeagain?No,I'drather

playsecondfiddle.甘之如饴gladlyendurehardship世外桃源Switzerland

islike

Utopia,whichIalwaysdreamofvisiting.

小Car笔记：hitthejackpot：赢得大笔钱(获得最大成功)

getalongwith：与...和睦相处，仍继续使用，应付...，在...方面进展

layup：储备，暂停使用，使卧床不起

ameltingmood：感伤的心情

playsecondfiddle：居次要职位，做第二把手，充当副手，甘拜下风出人头地Throughhishardwork,hefinallycametothefore.出类拔萃John

towers

abovetherestinmath.(inaclassbyitself;outofthecommonrun)史无前例withoutprecedent（inhistory）：Hisexcellentperformanceatthatplayiswithoutprecedentinhistory.令人发指Hiscrueltytoanimalsmakeour

hairstandonend.令人咋舌tookmybreathaway：Whathedidreallytookmybreathaway.付之一炬Becauseofablast,thatnewhousejustcommittedtotheflames.生龙活虎aliveandkicking：NessiesaysitisaliveandkickingunderdifferentnamesBySussy.仗势欺人Johnalwayspullsrankonothers.白手起家startedfrom

scratch：Heisasuccessfulbusinesswhostartedfromscratch.任劳任怨tobear

hardship

withoutcomplaint

小Car笔记：tower：高耸，屹立，超过，胜过，塔【常用词组】①atowerofstrength：中流砥柱，中流砥柱②watertower：自来水塔

inaclassbyitself：独一无二(独具一格)

hairstandonend：毛骨悚然，令人发指hardship：艰难，苦难，辛苦【常用短语】①hardshipsubsidy

生活困难补贴②economichardship：经济困难自作自受Asyoumakeyourbedsoyoumustlieonit.自讨苦吃tomakea

rod

forone'sownback自力更生to

shift

foroneself自扫门前雪Afterusthe

deluge.回头浪子thereturnofa

prodigal

son先下手为强Offenceisthebestdefence.同甘共苦toshareone'sjoysandsorrows因地制宜actaccordingtocircumstances有勇无谋morebravethanwise有备无患Goodwatchprevents

misfortune.

小Car笔记：shift：转换，轮班，计谋【常用词组】①graveyardshift：n.全体夜班的工人,(自午夜或凌晨2时的开始工作)夜班（=nightshift），白班就是dayshift.②shiftforoneself：独立谋生

prodigalson：回头的浪子，悔改之罪人

misfortune：不幸，坏运气，灾祸【常用词组】meetwithamisfortune：生了个私生子（=haveamisfortune）有志者事竟成Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.有钱能使鬼推磨Moneymakestheworldgoaround./Moneytalks.有其父必有其子Likefather,likeson.江山易改本性难移afoxmaygrowgray,butnevergood（The

leopard

cannotchangehisspots；youcannotmakea

crab

walkstraight）三岁看老Thechildisfatheroftheman.百无一失Notasinglemissinahundredtimes.百依百顺Sheexpectsusto

jumpthroughhoops

forher.眼见为实Toseeistobelieve.(Seeingisbelieving.)吃得苦中苦，方为人上人Ifyouwishtobethebestman,youmust

bepreparedto

sufferthebitterestofthebitter.每人一生中皆有得意之日Everydoghasitsday.

小Car笔记：jumpthroughhoops：经受磨难，做出很大努力，俯首帖耳，百般讨好，百依百顺

bepreparedto：准备做...色是假，美是空Charmis

deceitful,andbeautyempty.吉人自有天相ThegoodareprotectedbyHeaven./

All'swellthatendswell.如愿以偿getone'swaywithsomeoneorsomething：Themayorfinallygothiswaywiththecitycouncil.(allturnout;haveone'swishfulfilled;favorableness)如人饮水冷暖自知Onlythewearerknowswheretheshoespain.知足者富Hewhofeels

contented

isrich.

早起的鸟儿有虫吃Theearlybirdcatchestheworm.奇装异服a

fantastic

garb忠言逆耳Honestadviceisunpleasanttotheear明辨是非to

distinguish

rightfromwrong知足常乐Happyishewhoiscontent小Car笔记：All'swellthatendswell.结局好,一切都好。吉人自有天相。

fantastic：奇妙的，空想的，稀奇的【常用词组】①fantasticinsanity：幻想性精神病②lightfantastictoe：n.跳舞

distinguish：区别，辨认，使显著【常用词组】①distinguishfrom：不同于，辨别，区分②distinguishbetween：分辨，区分③distinguishfor：因...而出名知人知面不知心It'seasytoknowmen'sfaces,butnottheirhearts.知己知彼百战百胜Knowyourenemyandknowyourself.空中楼阁castlesintheair金科玉律thegoldrule奇装异服a

fantastic

garb明辨事非to

distinguish

rightfromwrong雨后春笋likebamboo

shoots

afteraspringshower雨过天青Afterastormcomesacalm.秀才不出门能知天下事A

scholar

doesnotstepoutsidehisgate,yetheknowsthehappenings

underthesun.事实胜于雄辩Factsaremost

convincing.

小Car笔记：garb：打扮，装束，外表【常用词语】prisongarb：囚衣，犯人衣服

shoots：嫩芽【常用词语】①riceshoots：稻秧苗，禾秧，秧苗

②bambooshoots：竹笋

underthesun：天下，究竟以毒攻毒tosetathieftocatchathief以怨报德Heisapersonwhobitesthehandthatfeedsone.以逸待劳Towait

atease

tilltheenemyisexhausted.以寡敌众tofightagainstlonger

odds以德报怨Ithinkitisbetterforyouto

render/returngoodforevil.以其人之道还治其人之身topaysomebody(back)inhisowncoin

以子之矛，攻子之盾toturnaperson's

battery

againsthimself以柔克刚Willows

areweakyetthey

bind

otherwood.(Softandfairgoesfar.)以和为贵Abadcompromiseisbetterthanagood

lawsuit.以卵击石Whatyoudoisthrowastrawagainstthewind.(runone'sheadagainstastonewall;Whetherthe

pitcher

strikesthestoneorthestonestrikesthepitcher,itisbadforthepitcher.)

小Car笔记：atease：不拘束，自在，安适

battery：[律]殴打美中不足a

fly

inthe

ointment背道而驰torun

counter赴汤蹈火togothroughfireandwater风烛残年tohaveonefootinthe

grave风声鹤唳，草木皆兵to

apprehend

dangerineverysound活到老学到老It'snevertoolatetolearn./Liveandlearn.前事不忘后事之师Rememberthepastanditwillguideyourfuture.星星之火可以燎原Asinglesparkcanstarta

prairie

fire.待人宽容如待己Liveandletlive.按部就班Learntowalkbeforeyourun.

小Car笔记：

ointment：药膏，油膏，软膏

【常用短语】①zincointment[药]氧化锌软膏

②eyeointment眼膏

counter：与……相反的，相反的

【常用短语】①counterforce对抗力

②countercurrent反向电流，逆流南辕北辙crosspurposes：Thesalesmenwereworkingatcrosspurposeswiththeir

supervisor.病从口入祸从口出Illnesscomesinbymouthandcomesoutbyit.笑里藏刀asmiletohideone'shate留得青山在，不怕没柴烧Wherethere'slifethere'shope海底捞月tofishintheair海底捞针tolookfora

needle

in

abundleof

hay差之毫厘失之千里Amissis

asgoodas

amile既往不咎Letthedeadburytheirdead.杀身成仁tosacrificeone'slifetopreserveone's

virtue

complete杀鸡焉用牛刀Takenota

musket

tokillabutterfly

小Car笔记：

abundleof：一捆(一扎，一包)

asgoodas：和...几乎一样

virtue：德行，贞操，美德【常用短语】①publicvirtue公德②makeavirtueofnecessity把非做不可的事装成出于好心才做的

③ofeasyvirtue不贞节的，水性扬花的万物之灵thelords

ofcreation万事开头难Everythingisdifficultatthestart万无一失notasinglemissinathousandtimes.落井下石tohitapersonwhenhe'sdown隔墙有耳Pitchers

haveears;wallshaveears.开夜车/挑灯夜战Burnthemidnightoil.开诚布公Healwaysopenshishearttohis

spouse

whenhehasaproblem.盗亦有道Dogdoesnoteatdog.善有善报Onekindnessisthepriceofanother.损人利己toenrichoneselfatothersexpense

小Car笔记：

spouse：配偶【例句】Henevermentionedhisspouse.他从来不提自己的妻子。

enrichoneself：自肥，利己乐极生悲Afterjoycomessadness.说曹操到曹操就到Talkofthedevilandthedevilcomes.团结就是力量Unionisst