實用成語英譯大全4

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糖衣炮彈sugar-coated bullets
    天有不測風云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
    團結(jié)就是力量Unity is strength.
    “跳進黃河洗不清”“eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean——there’s nothing one can do to clear one’s name ”
    歪風邪氣unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
    物以類聚,人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
    往事如風“The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past.”
    望子成龍hold high hopes for one’s child
    屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
    文韜武略military expertise; military strategy
    唯利是圖draw water to one’s mill
    無源之水,無本之木water without a source, and a tree wiith 升級換代updating and upgrading (of products)
    四十不惑Life begins at forty.
    誰言寸草心,報得三春暉“Such kindness of warm sun, can’t be repaid by grass. ”
    水漲船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
    時不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
    殺雞用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
    實事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
    說曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
    實話實說speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
    實踐是檢驗真理的標準Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
    山不在高,有仙則名“No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; ”
    韜光養(yǎng)晦hide one’s capacities and bide one’s timeout roots