Once bitten, twice shy.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
His words just leapt to the eye. Do you need me to explain it?
I am happy to know that all have ended in smoke about him.
一视同仁
He treats everyone across the board.
一模一样
These twins look as like as two peas.
一时兴起
He does everything on the spur of the moment.
九死一生
to have a hair-breadth escape
九牛一毛
Compared with mine, his was simply a drop in the bucket.
人生如梦
Life is but a dream.
人生自古谁无死
Death comes to all men.
人生百岁古来稀
It is
seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old.
人定胜天
Man can conquer nature.
人不可貌相
Appearances are often
deceptive./ Never judge a book by its cover.
小Car笔记:
across the board:包括一切地, 全面地
on the spur of the moment:一时冲动地, 立刻
a drop in the bucket:沧海一粟
conquer:征服,占领,战胜,得胜。
【常用短语】①divide and conquer:分步解决,分治
②stoop to conquer: 降低自己的身分去...
人生而平等
All men are created equal.
人山人海
a sea of faces:How many people are there in the stadium? Believe it or not, a sea of faces.
人之常情
human nature:It's human nature for me to help those who need help.
人云亦云
echo others' words:Don't echo others' words. Sometimes you've got to find out the truth.
人去楼空
Regretful to say, when the master was absent, his
mansion was dead.
人面兽心
a wolf in sheep's clothing:He is cruel enough to kill that girl; he's really a wolf in sheep's clothing.
人言可畏
Opinion rules the world:Always remember what I say to you. Opinion rules the world.
十年风水轮流转
Every dog has its day.
十全十美
leave nothing to be desired:The show just leaves nothing to be desired.
十拿九稳
We have winning the game in the bag.
小Car笔记:
believe it or not:信不信由你
find out the truth:查明真相
十万火急
in hot haste:I am writing in hot haste to let you know that I will be there on time.
了无瓜葛
have nothing to do with:That politician claimed that he had nothing to do with that
scandal.
力不从心
my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak:A:Can you do me a favor? B:Sorry, my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak.
力挽狂澜
try to
stem the tide:He tried to stem the
tide, but
in vain.
入境随俗
入木三分
七上八下
to be sixes and sevens:Don't talk to me now because I am all at sixes and sevens. (with one's heart going
pitapat)
七窍生烟
He was in a great
fury (
fuming with anger; in a great rage; terribly furious) and swore to get even with the opposite(跟对方报复).
七零八落
After the quake, the buildings went to rock and ruin.
八面玲珑
smooth and able to win favour on all sides.
小Car笔记:
in vain:徒劳
all sides:各方面
夜以继日
day and night:The nurse was with the patient day and night.
英雄所见略同
Great minds think alike.
于事无补
Complaining is of little(no) avail. It is better for you to take action now.
姻缘天注定
Marriages are made in heaven.
逆来顺受
to make the best of a bad bargain
流芳百世
a niche in the temple of fame
为虎作伥
to act as guide to a tiger
孤注一掷
to put all one's egg in one basket
勇者不惧
A brave man will not shrink from dangers.
洗心革面
to turn over a new leaf
小Car笔记:
avail:有利,有助于,益处 【常用短语】①avail oneself of 利用 ②of no avail:完全没有用,完全无效
niche:壁龛,适当的位置 【常用短语】①niche market 瞄准机会的市场, 缝隙市场 ②trophicniche 营养龛,营养小生态
shrink:收缩,畏缩,萎缩 【常用短语】①shrink from 退避,在 ... 前面畏缩 ②shrink ring 扣环
美中不足
背道而驰
to run counter
赴汤蹈火
to go through fire and water
风烛残年
to have one foot in the
grave风声鹤唳,草木皆兵
活到老学到老
It's never too late to learn./ Live and learn.
前事不忘后事之师
Remember the past and it will guide your future.
星星之火可以燎原
A single spark can start a
prairie fire.
待人宽容如待己
Live and let live.
按部就班
Learn to walk before you run.
小Car笔记:
ointment:药膏,油膏,软膏 【常用短语】①zinc ointment [药]氧化锌软膏 ②eye ointment 眼膏
counter:与……相反的,相反的 【常用短语】①counter force 对抗力 ②counter current 反向电流,逆流
南辕北辙
cross purposes:The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their
supervisor.
病从口入祸从口出
Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.
笑里藏刀
a smile to hide one's hate
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
Where there's life there's hope
海底捞月
to fish in the air
海底捞针
差之毫厘失之千里
A miss is as good as a mile
既往不咎
Let the dead bury their dead.
杀身成仁
to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete
杀鸡焉用牛刀
Take not a
musket to kill a butterfly
小Car笔记:
a bundle of:一捆(一扎,一包)
as good as:和 ... 几乎一样
virtue:德行,贞操,美德 【常用短语】①public virtue 公德 ②make a virtue of necessity 把非做不可的事装成出于好心才做的 ③of easy virtue 不贞节的,水性扬花的
饥不择食
A good appetite is a good sauce.
害群之马
black sheep
家丑不可外扬
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
恩威并济
alternate weakness with severity
旁观者清
The outside sees the best of the game. /Lookers-on see most of the game.
时运不济
to have a bad time
殊途同归
All roads lead to Rome.
众志成城/团结就是力量
Union is strenth.
疾风知劲草
Adversity reveals genius.
设身处地
Sometimes you have to learn to be in my shoes.
小Car笔记:
dirty linen:家丑,隐私
alternate:交替,轮流 【常用词组】①alternate current 交流电 ②alternate motion 往复运动,交变运动
reveal:显示,透露,揭示,展现 【常用词组】①reveal itself 出现(呈现) ②reveal one's hand 摊牌
莫在太岁头上动土
Let sleeping dogs lie.
毕恭毕敬
cap in hand:He always treats his boss cap in hand.
得意忘形
to leap out of one's skin
捷足先登
The early bird catches the worm.
欲速则不达
Haste makes waste./More haste, less speed.
欲加之罪,何患无辞
Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him.
混水摸鱼
to fish in troubled waters
贪小失大
习惯成自然
once a use forever a custom
挂羊头卖狗肉
小Car笔记:
troubled waters:混乱状态,波涛汹涌的水
poundfoolish:省小钱吃大亏的,因小失大的
cry up:夸奖(称颂)
贫无立锥之地
as poor as a church mouse
雪中送炭真君子/患难见真情
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
异想天开
to give loose to one's
fancy集思广义
Two heads are better than one.
得过且过
to live from hand to mouth
情人眼里出西施
Love is blind.
情有独钟
had eyes only for:All the girls liked Kevin, but he had eyes only for Mary.
冤家宜解不宜结
Better remove
enmity than contract it.
眼不见为净
Out of sight, out of mind.
脱口而出
A slip of the tongue can sometimes land you in trouble.
小Car笔记:
a church mouse:一贫如洗的人
slip of the tongue:失言, 疏漏,小错误,口误
Riches and honors come from heaven.
There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.)
The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.