英文谚语500句 |
1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 2.A bad thing never dies. 3.A bad workman always blames his tools. 4.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 5.A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 6.A bully is always a coward. 7.A burden of one's choice is not felt. 8.A candle lights others and consumes itself. 9.A cat has 9 lives. 10. A catmay look at a king. 11. Aclose mouth catches no flies. 12. Aconstant guest is never welcome. 13.Actions speak louder than words. 14.Adversity leads to prosperity. 15.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 16. A fairdeath honors the whole life. 17. Afaithful friend is hard to find. 18. A fallinto a pit, a gain in your wit. 19. A foxmay grow gray, but never good. 20. Afriend in need is a friend indeed. 21. Afriend is easier lost than found. 22. Afriend is never known till a man has need. 23. Afriend without faults will never be found. 24. "Afteryou" is good manners. 25. A goodbeginning is half done. 26. A goodbeginning makes a good ending. 27. A goodbook is a good friend. 28. A goodbook is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 29. A goodconscience is a soft pillow. 30. A goodfame is better than a good face. 31. A goodhusband makes a good wife. 32. A goodmedicine tastes bitter. 33. A goodwife health is a man's best wealth. 34. Agreat talker is a great liar. 35. Ahedge between keeps friendship green. 36. A jokenever gains an enemy but loses a friend. 37. Aleopard cannot change its spots. 38. A liaris not believed when he speaks the truth. 39. Alight heart lives long. 40. Alittle body often harbors a great soul. 41. Alittle knowledge is a dangerous thing. 42. Alittle pot is soon hot. 43. Allare brave when the enemy flies. 44. Allgood things come to an end. 45. Allrivers run into sea. 46. Allroads lead to Rome. 47. Allthat ends well is well. 48. Allthat glitters is not gold. 49. Allthings are difficult before they are easy. 50. Allwork and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 51. A manbecomes learned by asking questions. 52. A mancan do no more than he can. 53. A mancannot spin and reel at the same time. 54. A manis known by his friends. 55. A manof words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 56. A manwithout money is no man at all. 57. Amerry heart goes all the way. 58. A missis as good as a mile. 59. Amother's love never changes. 60. Anapple a day keeps the doctor away. 61. A newbroom sweeps clean. 62. An eyefor an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 63. Anhour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 64. An olddog cannot learn new tricks. 65. Anounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 66. Anounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 67. Arolling stone gathers no moss. 68. As aman sows, so he shall reap. 69. Asingle flower does not make a spring. 70. A snowyear, a rich year. 71. Asound mind in a sound body. 72. Astill tongue makes a wise head. 73. Astitch in time saves nine. 74. Astraight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe. 75. A wisehead makes a close mouth. 76. A wordspoken is past recalling. 77. Ayear's plan starts with spring. 78. Ayoung idler, an old beggar. 79. Badnews has wings. 80.Barking dogs seldom bite. 81. Beautylies in the love's eyes. 82. Beswift to hear, slow to speak. 83. Betterlate than never. 84. Betterto ask the way than go astray. 85.Between friends all is common. 86. Birdsof a feather flock together. 87. Bloodis thicker than water. 88. Bloodwill have blood. 89. Booksand friends should be few but good. 90.Business is business. 91.Business is the salt of life. 92. Byreading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it. 93. Cannotsee the wood for the trees. 94. Careand diligence bring luck. 95.Caution is the parent of safety. 96. Cheatsnever prosper. 97.Children are what the mothers are. 98. Choosean author as you choose a friend. 99. Comewhat may, heaven won't fall. 100.Complacency is the enemy of study. 101.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road tosuccess. 102.Constant dripping wears away a stone. 103.Content is better than riches. 104.Count one's chickens before they are hatched. 105.Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 106.Creep before you walk. 107.Cry for the moon. 108.Custom is a second nature. 109.Custom makes all things easy. 110.Diamond cuts diamond. 111.Do as the Romans do. 112.Do as you would be done by. 113.Doing is better than saying. 114.Do it now. 115.Do nothing by halves. 116.Don't claim to know what you don't know. 117.Don't have too many irons in the fire. 118.Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. 119.Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 120.Don't put the cart before the horse. 121.Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 122.Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 123.Do well and have well. 124.Each bird love to hear himself sing. 125.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthyand wise. 126.Easier said than done. 127.Easy come, easy go. 128.Eat to live, but not live to eat. 129.Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 130.Envy has no holidays. 131.Even Homer sometimes nods. 132.Even reckoning makes long friends. 133.Every advantage has its disadvantage. 134.Everybody's business is nobody's business. 135.Every day is not Sunday. 136.Every dog has his day. 137.Every door may be shut, but death's door. 138.Every heart has its own sorrow. 139.Every little helps a mickle. 140.Every man for himself, and the devil takes thehindmost. 141.Every man has his faults. 142.Every man has his hobbyhorse. 143.Every man has his weak side. 144.Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 145.Every minute counts. 146.Every mother's child is handsome. 147.Every potter praises hit pot. 148.Everything is good when new, but friends when old. 149.Example is better then percept. 150.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory themother. 151.Experience must be bought. 152.Fact speak louder than words. 153.Failure is the mother of success. 154.False friends are worse than bitter enemies. 155.Far from eye, far from heart. 156.Far water does not put out near fire. 157.Faults are thick where love is thin. 158.Fear always springs from ignorance. 159.Fields have eyes, and woods have ears. 160.Fire and water have no mercy. 161.Fire is a good servant but a bad master. 162.First come, first served. 163.First impressions are half the battle. 164.First think and then speak. 165.Fools grow without watering. 166.Fool's haste is no speed. 167.Fools has fortune. 168.Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn muchfrom fools. 169.Forbidden fruit is sweet. 170.Fortune favors those who use their judgement. 171.Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate. 172.Four eyes see more than two. 173.Friends agree best at distance. 174.Friends are thieves of time. 175.Friends must part. 176.Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. 177.Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 178.God helps those who help themselves. 179.Gold will not buy anything. 180.Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly. 181.Good health is over wealth. 182.Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth. 183.Good watch prevents misfortune. 184.Great barkers are no biters. 185.Great hopes make great man. 186.Great minds think alike. 187.Great men have great faults. 188.Great men's sons seldom do well. 189.Great trees are good for nothing but shade. 190.Great wits have short memories. 191.Greedy folks have long arms. 192.Guilty consciences make men cowards. 193.Habit cures habit. 194.Handsome is he who does handsomely. 195.Happiness takes no account of time. 196.Happy is he who owes nothing. 197.Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes ofothers. 198.Harm set, harm get. 199.Hasty love, soon cold. 200.Health is better than wealth. 201.Health is happiness. 202.Hear all parties. 203.Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 204.He is a fool that forgets himself. 205.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind ourbacks. 206.He is a wise man who speaks little. 207.He is lifeless that is faultless. 208.He is not fit to command others that cannot commandhimself. 209.He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. 210.He is wise that is honest. 211.He knows most who speaks least. 212.He laughs best who laughs last. 213.He sets the fox to keep the geese. 214.He that climbs high falls heavily. 215.He that will not work shall not eat. 216.He who does not advance loses ground. 217.He who makes constant complaint gets littlecompassion. 218.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 219.He who risks nothing gains nothing. 220.History repeats itself. 221.Honesty is the best policy. 222.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 223.I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too. 224.If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives metwice, shame on me. 225.If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people rideyou. 226.If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. 227.If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 228.If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. 229.If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. 230.If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 231.Industry is the parent of success. 232.It is better to die when life is a disgrace. 233.It is easier to get money than to keep it. 234.It is easy to be wise after the event. 235.It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it alwaysopen. 236.It is hard to please all. 237.It is never too old to learn. 238.It is no use crying over spilt milk. 239.It is the first step that costs troublesome. 240.It is the unforeseen that always happens. 241.It is too late to grieve when the chance is past. 242.It never rains but it pours. 243.It takes three generations to make a gentleman. 244.Jack of all trades and master of none. 245.Judge not from appearances. 246.Justice has long arms. 247.Keep good men company and you shall be of the number. 248.Kill two birds with one stone. 249.Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it. 250.Kings have long arms. 251.Knowledge is power. 252.Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 253.Learn and live. 254.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 255.Learn not and know not. 256.Learn to walk before you run. 257.Let bygones be bygones. 258.Let sleeping dogs lie. 259.Let the cat out of the bag. 260.Lies can never changes fact. 261.Lies have short legs. 262.Life is but a span. 263.Life is half spent before we know what it is. 264.Life is not all roses. 265.Life without a friend is death. 266.Like a rat in a hole. 267.Like author, like book. 268.Like father, like son. 269.Like for like. 270.Like knows like. 271.Like mother, like daughter. 272.Like teacher, like pupil. 273.Like tree, like fruit. 274.Little things amuse little minds. 275.Look before you leap. 276.Lookers-on see more than players. 277.Losers are always in the wrong. 278.Lost time is never found again. 279.Love at first sight. 280.Love cannot be compelled. 281.Love is blind. 282.Love is full of trouble. 283.Love is never without jealousy. 284.Love me, love my dog. 285.Make hay while the sun shines. 286.Make your enemy your friend. 287.Man is the soul of the universe. 288.Man proposes, God disposes. 289.Many hands make light work. 290.Many heads are better than one. 291.Many things grow in the garden that were never sownthere. 292.Measure for measure. 293.Misfortunes never come alone. 294.Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 295.Money isn't everything. 296.Murder will out. 297.My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughteris my daughter all the days of her life. 298.Nature is the true law. 299.Necessity is the mother of invention. 300.Never fish in trouble water. 301.Never judge from appearances. 302.Never say die. 303.Never too old to learn, never too late to turn. 304.New wine in old bottles. 305.No cross, no crown. 306.No garden without its weeds. 307.No living man all things can. 308.No man can do two things at once. 309.No man is born wise or learned. 310.No man is content. 311.No man is wise at all times. 312.None are so blind as those who won't see. 313.None are so deaf as those who won't hear. 314.No news is good news. 315.No one can call back yesterday. 316.No pains, no gains. 317.No pleasure without pain. 318.No rose without a thorn. 319.No sweet without sweat. 320.No smoke without fire. 321.Nothing brave, nothing have. 322.Nothing dries sooner than a tear. 323.Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mindto it. 324.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 325.Nothing seek, nothing find. 326.Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages. 327.Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. 328.Not to advance is to go back. 329.Not to know what happened before one was born is always tobe a child. 330.No way is impossible to courage. 331.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 332.Observation is the best teacher. 333.Offense is the best defense. 334.Old friends and old wines are best. 335.Old sin makes new shame. 336.Once a man and twice a child. 337.Once a thief, always a thief. 338.Once bitten, twice shy. 339.One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys noboy. 340.One cannot put back the clock. 341.One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays. 342.One false move may lose the game. 343.One good turn deserves another. 344.One hour today is worth two tomorrow. 345.One man's fault is other man's lesson. 346.One never loses anything by politeness. 347.One swallow does not make a summer. 348.One's words reflect one's thinking. 349.Out of debt, out of danger. 350.Out of office, out of danger. 351.Out of sight, out of mind. 352.Patience is the best remedy. 353.Penny wise, pound foolish. 354.Plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 355.Please the eye and plague the heart. 356.Pleasure comes through toil. 357.Pour water into a sieve. 358.Practice makes perfect. 359.Praise is not pudding. 360.Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 361.Prefer loss to unjust gain. 362.Prevention is better than cure. 363.Pride goes before, and shame comes after. 364.Promise is debt. 365.Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. 366.Pull the chestnut out of fire. 367.Put the cart before the horse. 368.Put your shoulder to the wheel. 369.Reading enriches the mind. 370.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body. 371.Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you. 372.Rome is not built in a day. 373.Saying is one thing and doing another. 374.Seeing is believing. 375.Seek the truth from facts. 376.Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him. 377.Set a thief to catch a thief. 378.Short accounts make long friends. 379.Something is better than nothing. 380.Soon learn, soon forgotten. 381.Soon ripe, soon rotten. 382.Speech is silver, silence is gold. 383.Still water run deep. 384.Strike the iron while it is hot. 385.Success belongs to the persevering. 386.Take things as they come. 387.Talking mends no holes. 388.Talk of the devil and he will appear. 389.Tall trees catch much wind. 390.Teach others by your example. 391.The best hearts are always the bravest. 392.The best man stumbles. 393.The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 394.The danger past and God forgotten. 395.The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. 396.The darkest place is under the candlestick. 397.The devil knows many things because he is old. 398.The devil sometimes speaks the truth. 399.The die is cast. 400.The early bird catches the worm. 401.The end justifies the means. 402.The end makes all equal. 403.The eye is bigger than the belly. 404.The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 405.The finest diamond must be cut. 406.The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 407.The first step is the only difficulty. 408.The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail. 409.The fox preys farthest from home. 410.The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 411.The grass is greener on the other side. 412.The greatest talkers are always least doers. 413.The higher up, the greater the fall. 414.The leopard cannot change its spots. 415.The more noble, the more humble. 416.The more wit, the less courage. 417.The outsider sees the most of the game. 418.The pen is mightier than the sword. 419.The pot calls the kettle black. 420.There are spots in the sun. 421.There are two sides to every question. 422.There is a skeleton in the cupboard. 423.There is kindness to be found everywhere. 424.There is no general rule without some exception. 425.There is no medicine against death. 426.There is no place like home. 427.There is no royal road to learning. 428.The style is the man. 429.The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. 430.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows itup. 431.The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks heknows all. 432.The wolf has a winning game when the shepherdsquarrel. 433.The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to godown. 434.The world is but a little place, after all. 435.Think twice before you do. 436.Things at the worst will mend. 437.Time and tide wait for no man. 438.Time cures all things. 439.Time flies. 440.Time is money. 441.Time lost cannot be won again. 442.Time past cannot be called back again. 443.Time tries all. 444.Tit for tat is fair play. 445.To err is human. 446.To know everything is to know nothing. 447.To know oneself is true progress. 448.Tomorrow never comes. 449.Too much familiarity breeds contempt. 450.Too much knowledge makes the head bald. 451.Too much liberty spills all. 452.Too much praise is a burden. 453.To save time is to lengthen life. 454.Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. 455.Troubles never come singly. 456.Truth never grows old. 457.Turn over a new leaf. 458.Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away withit. 459.Two heads are better than one. 460.Two of a trade seldom agree. 461.Two wrongs do not make a right. 462.Unity is strength. 463.Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 464.Until all is over one's ambition never dies. 465.Venture a small fish to catch a great one. 466.Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 467.Walls have ears. 468.Wash your dirty linen at home. 469.Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 470.Wealth is nothing without health. 471.We know not what is good until we have lost it. 472.Well begun is half done. 473.We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. 474.We shall never have friends if we expect to find themwithout fault. 475.We should never remember the benefits we have offered norforget the favor received. 476.Wet behind the ears. 477.Whatever you do, do with all your might. 478.What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 479.What's done cannot be undone. 480.What's lost is lost. 481.What we do willingly is easy. 482.When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 483.When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody. 484.When sorrow is asleep, wake it not. 485.When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but inbattalions. 486.When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. 487.When wine is in truth, wit is out. 488.Where there is a will, there is a way. 489.Where there is life, there is hope. 490.Where there is smoke, there is fire. 491.While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten. 492.Who chatters to you, will chatter of you. 493.Whom the gods love die young. 494.Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have theirhearts in their mouths. 495.Work makes the workman. 496.You cannot burn the candle at both ends. 497.You cannot eat your cake and have it. 498.You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make himdrink. 499.You may know by a handful the whole sack. 500.You never know what you can till you try. |
英语成语
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 shortof 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 personallosses
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 oldyear and ring in the new
大事化小,小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious andthen to reduce it to nothing at all
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be aneye-opener
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is aswrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
好事不出门,恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad newsspread far and wide.
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
活到老,学到老One is never too old to learn.
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; ahedge between keeps friendship green
老生常谈,陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
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 orstandards.
每逢佳节倍思亲
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear onesfar away.
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dearmost.
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 with valuablecontributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat andbe determined to fight to the end
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can'tmake bricks without straw.
千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--thehighest eminence is to be gained step by step
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for thefuture.
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade anothergeneration rests.
One sows and another reaps.
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate indoing something
强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control asnake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford toneglect local bullies.
强强联手win-win co-operation
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
世上无难事,只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of theworld;
死而后已until my heart stops beating
岁岁平安Peace all year round
上有天堂,下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou andHangzhou on earth."
塞翁失马,焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
谁言寸草心,报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass."
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true tofacts
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as itis
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
山不在高,有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spreadfar and wide if there is a fairy; "
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
“跳进黄河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not washoneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name"
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
物以类聚,人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past,is past."
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke withoutfire.
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makesone lag behind.
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
心想事成May all your wish come true
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacitunderstanding
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
循序渐进step by step
一路平安,一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
有识之士people of vision
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we cometogether as if by predestination.
与时俱进advance with times
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
欲穷千里目,更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand milesfurther; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eyeembrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wronglycharged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
一言既出,驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
债台高筑become debt-ridden
致命要害Achilles' heel
众矢之的target of public criticism
知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight ahundred battles with no danger of defeat.
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock andthe hard place