今天给大家带来一篇杠杠的干货，140个中国成语的英文表达，其中很多在英语里面也有对应的地道表达方式，比如一些常用的俚语或者谚语~大家拿了回去消化，口语上战场一定能硬起来！

 

1. 爱屋及乌 

Love me, love my dog.

2. 爱不释手 

to fondle admiringly

3. 按部就班

step by step

4. 爱莫能助 

be sympathetic but have no ability to help

5. 拔苗助长

 to spoilthings by excessive enthusiasm

6. 百折不挠 

be indomitable

7. 班门弄斧 

to teachone's granny how to suck eggs 或者

Never offer to teach fish how to swim.

8. 半途而废 

to giveup halfway

9. 杯弓蛇影 

self-created suspicion

10. 百闻不如一见 

Seeing is believing.

11. 变本加厉

be further intensified

12. 百闻不如一见 

Seeing is believing.

13. 比上不足，比下有余

to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

14. 笨鸟先飞 

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

15. 不遗余力

to spare no effort; Do one’s best; Go all out.

16. 不打不成交 

No discord, no concord.

17. 不痛不痒

perfunctory

18. 拆东墙补西墙

Rob Peter to pay Paul.

19. 辞旧迎新 

bid farewell to the old and usher in the new

20. 车水马龙

be crowded with people and vehicles

21. 惩前毖后

to learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones

22. 充耳不闻

to turn a deaf ear to

23. 重蹈覆辙

to follow the same old disastrous road

24. 臭名昭著

be notorious

25. 大事化小，小事化了

to try first to make their mistake sound less serious and thento reduce it to nothing at all.

26. 大开眼界

to broaden one’s horizon; be an eye-opener

27. 得寸进尺

Much will have more.

28. 跌宕起伏

ups and downs

29. 丢卒保车

to sacrifice minor things to save major ones

30. 登峰造极

to reach the peak of perfection

31. 国泰民安

The country flourishes and people live in peace.

32. 过犹不及

Going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short. Excess is just as bad as deficiency. Too much is as bad as too little.

33. 好了伤疤忘了疼

once on shore, one prays no more.

34. 好事不出门，坏事传千里

Bad news travels fast.

35. 和气生财 

Harmony brings wealth. Friendliness is conductive to business success.

36. 活到老学到老

Never too old to learn.

37. 既往不咎

to let bygones be bygones

38. 金无足赤人无完人 

There are spots even on the sun.

39. 金玉满堂

Treasures fill the home.

40. 脚踏实地 

be down-to-earth

41. 脚踩两只船 

to sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp

42. 君子之交淡如水

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

43. 老生常谈，陈词滥调

cut and dried

44. 礼尚往来 

Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

45. 留得青山在不愁没柴烧 

Where there is life, there is hope.

46. 马到成功 

to achieve immediate victory; to win instant success.

47. 名利双收

to gain both fame and wealth

48. 茅塞顿开 

be suddenly enlightened

49. 没有规矩，不成方圆 

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

50. 每逢佳节倍思亲

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dear onesfar away.

51. 谋事在人成事在天 

Man proposes; God disposes.

52. 弄巧成拙 

to make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart

53. 赔了夫人又折兵

to suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish

54. 抛砖引玉

to throw a sprat to catch a whale

55. 破釜沉舟

to cut off all means of retreat; to burn one’s own way of retreatand be determined to fight to the end

56. 抢得先机 

take the preemptive opportunities

57. 巧妇难为无米之炊

 One can’t make bricks without straw.

58. 前事不忘后事之师 

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

59. 前怕狼后怕虎

to hesitate in doing 

60. 强龙难压地头蛇

The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.

61. 瑞雪兆丰年 

A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year.

62. 人逢喜事精神爽 

People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.

63. 世上无难事只怕有心人

Where there is a will ,there is a way.

64. 世外桃源

a retreat away from the turmoil of the world

65. 人之初性本善

Humans are born good.

66. 塞翁失马焉知非福

a blessing in disguise; Every cloud has a silver lining.

67. 三十而立 

A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

68. 水涨船高 

A ship rises with the tide.

69. 时不我待

Time and tide wait for no man.

70. 杀鸡用牛刀 

to use a steam-hammer to crack nuts

71. 实事求是

to seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic

72. 说曹操，曹操到 

to speak of the devil

73. 实话实说 

to speak the plain truth; to call a spade a spade; to tell it as itis

74. 鼠目寸光

be shortsighted; cannot see beyond one's nose

75. 身无分文

not a shot in one's locker

76. 束手无策

be at a loss what to do

77. 殊途同归

all roads lead to Rome

78. 投卵击石（螳臂当车）

kick against the pricks

79. 韬光养晦

Hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time.

80. 糖衣炮弹 

sugar-coated bullets

81. 天有不测风云 

Anything unexpected may happen; A bolt from the blue.

82. 团结就是力量 

Unity is strength.

83. 歪风邪气 

unhealthy trends and vulgar practices

84. 物以类聚人以群分 

Birds of a feather flock together.

85. 望子成龙 

to hold high hopes for one’s child

86. 挖墙脚

to undermine the foundation

87. 唯利是图

to seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one’s own interests

88. 无中生有 

a sheer fabrication out of nothing; to fabricate rumors out of thin air.

89. 无风不起浪

There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.

90. 徇私枉法

twist the law to suit one’s own purpose.

91. 新官上任三把火

a new broom sweeps clean

82. 蓄势待发

to accumulate strength for a take-off

93. 心想事成 

May all your wish come true.

94. 心照不宣

to have a tacit understanding

95. 喜怒无常

be given to capricious moods

96. 惜字如金

Cherishing such as gold

97. 喜形于色

light up with pleasure

98. 先入为主

First impressions are firmly entrenched.

99. 先下手为强 

He who strikes first gains the advantage. The best defense is offense.

100. 热锅上的蚂蚁

ants on a hot pan

101. 现身说法 

to warn people by taking oneself as an example

102. 息事宁人

 to pour oil on troubled waters; to patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned.

103. 循序渐进

to proceed in an orderly way and step by step; to advance gradually in due order

104. 严于律己，宽以待人 

be strict with oneself and lenient with others

105. 有情人终成眷属 

Jack shall have Jill, and shall be well.

106. 有钱能使鬼推磨

Money makes the mare go; Money talks.

107. 有识之士 

a man of insight

108. 有勇无谋

be bold but not crafty

109. 有缘千里来相会

Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 

110. 与时俱进

 to keep pace with the time

111. 以人为本 

people-oriented

112. 因材施教 

to teach students according to their aptitude

113. 欲速不达

Haste makes waste.

114. 优胜劣汰 

survival of the fittest

115. 英雄所见略同 

Great minds think alike.

116. 冤家宜解不宜结

Better make friends than make enemies.

117. 冤假错案 

cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced

118. 一言既出驷马难追

 A promise is a promise.

119. 睚眦必报

to seek revenge for the smallest grievance

120. 哑口无言

be rendered speechless

121. 一筹莫展

be stranded

122. 一目十行

ten lines at a glance

123. 一面之词

the statement of only one of the parties

124. 一落千丈

to suffer a disastrous decline

125. 一马当先

to take the lead

126. 一贫如洗

as poor as a church mouse

127. 衣食无忧

Set someone up for life.

128. 一毛不拔

very stingy

129. 一鸣惊人 

to make a great coup

130. 缘木求鱼

to milk the bull

131. 张冠李戴

to confuse one thing with another

132. 掌上明珠

a beloved daughter

133. 招财进宝 

to bring in wealth and treasure

134. 债台高筑 

to become debt-ridden

135. 众矢之的 

target of public criticism

136. 纸上谈兵 

be an armchair strategist

137. 纸包不住火 

You can’t wrap fire in paper. What’s done by night appears by day.

138. 左右为难

to caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea.

139. 醉生梦死

to lead a befuddled life

140. 坐享其成

to reap where one has not sown

来源：海词词典