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1.a dog in the manger.
占着茅坑不拉屎。在其位不谋其政。 -
2.An old dog will learn no new tricks.
老狗学不出新把戏。老顽固不能学新事物。 -
3.A good dog deserves a good bone.
好狗应该得好骨头。 有功者受奖。 -
4.Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
山中无老虎,猴子称大王。 -
5.a dead dog.
废物或无价值之物。 -
6.a broken reed.
压伤的苇杖。 不能依靠的东西或人。 -
7.a lion in the way.
拦路虎。 -
8.a fly in the ointment.
一只老鼠坏了一锅汤。 -
9.pour water off a steep roof(operate from a strategically advantageous position)
高屋建筑 -
10.Bad workmen often blame their tools.
拙匠常怪工具差。(不会撑船怪河弯)。 -
11.He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
己不正不正人(笑别人驼背的人得自己首先把身子挺直) -
12.you should not cast the first stone.
欲责他人,先思己过 -
13.It's a long lane that has no turning.
路必有弯。(事必有变)。(瓦片也有翻身日)。 -
14.On swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。 -
15.No smoke without fire.
无火不起烟。(无风不起浪)。 -
16.Ill news comes apace.
好事不出门,坏事传千里。 -
17.He sho keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。 -
18.Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。 -
19.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。 -
20.hide one's light under a bushel.
不露锋芒。 -
21.new wine in old bottles.
旧瓶装新酒。 -
22.eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
以眼还眼,以牙还牙。 -
23.between the devil and the deep sea.
进退两难 进退维谷。 -
24.escape by the skin of one's teeeth.
死里逃生。 幸免于死。 -
25.hole and corner.
偷偷摸摸。 鬼鬼祟祟。 -
26.entertain an angel unawares.
有眼不识泰山。 -
27.much cry and little wool.
雷声大,雨点小。 -
28.everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost.
人不为己,天诛地灭。 -
29.kick against the pricks.
以卵击石。 螳臂当车。 -
30.no respecter of persons.
一视同仁。 -
31.wash one's hands of a thing.
洗手不干。 与某事无关。 -
32.cast pearls before swine.
对牛弹琴。 明珠暗投。 -
33.the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
心有余而力不足。 -
34.separate the sheep from the goats.
分辨良莠。 -
35.in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
聪明保险的办法是向大量谋士求计。 -
36.all the rivers run into the sea;yet the sea is not full.
百川归海而海不盈。 -
37.for we brought nothing into whis world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
因为我们没带什么到世界上来,也不能带什么去。 -
38.bay the moon.
干徒劳无益的事。 -
39.what's done is done.
事情干了就算了。 -
40.murder will out.(truth will come to light.)
纸包不住火。真相终将大白。 -
41.strange bedfellows.
同床异梦。 -
42.be hoist with one's own petard .
作法自毙。作茧自缚。 -
43.to paint the lily.
画蛇添足。实在是浪费而可笑的事。 -
44.much ado about nothing.
无事生非。 -
45.love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。 情人眼里出西施。 -
46.Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。 -
47.Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者,事竟成。 -
48.The days of our years are three-score years and ten.
人生七十古来稀。 -
49.the apple of the eye.
掌上明珠。 -
50.There is no rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。世上没有十全的幸福。 -
51.the children from well-fed family.
膏粱子弟