2015备考英语中常用中国成语分析

61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, cant be repaid by grass.

62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.

64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel

65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

66.说曹操，曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.

67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

69.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy;

70.韬光养晦hide ones capacities and bide ones time

71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets

72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.

74.跳进黄河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself cleantheres nothing one can do to clear ones name

75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

77.往事如风The past has vanished (from memory) like wind. What in past, is pas

78.望子成龙hold high hopes for ones child

79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

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81.唯利是图draw water to ones mill

82.无源之水，无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

83.无中生有make create something out of nothing

84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. Theres no smoke without fire.

85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

87.虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

89.心想事成May all your wish come true

90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

97.循序渐进step by step

98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way, speed the parting guest

99.严以律己，宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

100.有情人终成眷属Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. -

101.不劳者无获 no pains, no gains

102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

103. 有识之士people of vision

104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

106.与时俱进advance with times

107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost

108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. a land of milk and honey

110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.

114.冤假错案cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases

115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful

117.债台高筑become debt-ridden

118.致命要害Achilles heel考试用书

119. 众矢之的target of public criticism

120.知己知彼，百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea