中国成语俗语的英文翻译

look for a needle in a haystack

The pen is mightier than the sword.

to practice what one practices

to set a thief to catch a thief

to bite the hand that feeds one

To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.

to fight against longer odds

to render good for evil

Set a thief to catch a thief.

to turn a person's battery against himself

All is vanity.

All are brothers within the four seas.

Keep some extra money for a rainy day.

not know A from B

Failure is the mother of success.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

to recommend one's own person

to hit a person when he's down

Strike while the iron is hot.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

to waste your breath on him

Adversity spurs vitality, while comfort breeds sloth .

to bear hardship without complaint

As you make your bed so you must lie on it.

to make a rod for one's own back

to shift for oneself

After us the deluge.

the return of a prodigal

Offence is the best defence.

to share one's joys and sorrows

act according to circumstances

more brave than wise

Good watch prevents misfortune.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Money makes the world go around. /Money talks.

Like father, like son.

The child is father of the man.

Not a single miss in a hundred times.

She expects us to jump through hoops for her.

To see is to believe.

If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the   bitterest of the bitter./

No gain without pain.

Every dog has his day.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty.

The good are protected by Heaven. /

All's well that ends well.

The mayor finally got his way with the city council.

Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.

The early bird catches the worm.

Overreach oneself

to be at the end of one's patience

patience for a moment; comfort for many years

to kick down the ladder

a flying visit

to nip a thing in the bud

Fine feathers make fine birds.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

He was a babe in the woods

After a storm comes a calm.

a fantastic garb

Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear

to distinguish right from wrong

Happy is he who is content

He who feels contented is rich

It's easy to know men's faces, but not their hearts.

Know your enemy and know yourself.

castles in the air

the gold rule

a fantastic garb

to distinguish right from wrong

like bamboo shoots after a spring shower

After a storm comes a calm.

A scholar does not step outside his gate,

yet he knows the happenings under the sun.

Facts are most convincing.

Easy come, easy go.

Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Survival of the fittest.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Complaining is of little(no) avail.

Marriages are made in heaven.

to make the best of a bad bargain

a niche in the temple of fame

to act as guide to a tiger

to put all one's egg in one basket

A brave man will not shrink from dangers.

to run counter

to go through fire and water

to have one foot in the grave

to apprehend danger in every sound

It's never too late to learn./

Live and learn.

Remember the past and it will guide your future.

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

Live and let live.

Learn to walk before you run.

at cross purposes with

Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.

a smile to hide one's hate

Where there's life, there's hope

to fish in the air

   Let the dead bury their dead.

to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete

Take not a musket to kill a butterfly.

A good appetite is a good sauce.

black sheep

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

alternate weakness with severity

The outside sees the best of the game.

to have a bad time

All roads lead to Rome.

Adversity reveals genius.

Lookers-on see most of the game.

Let sleeping dogs lie

to leap out of one's skin

The early bird catches the worm.

Haste makes waste/

More haste, less speed.

Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him.

to fish in troubled waters

penny-wise and pound foolish

once a use forever a custom

cry up wine and sell vinegar

as poor as a church mouse

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

to give loose to one's fancy

to live from hand to mouth

Love is blind.

have eyes only for

Better remove enmity than contract it.

Out of sight, out of mind.

a slip of the tongue

in someone's shoes.

Homer sometimes nods.

to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure

Riches and honors come from heaven.

A wise man is free from perplexities.

There is no smoke without fire. /

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

to paint the lily

to fish in troubled waters

the lords of creation

Everything is difficult at the start

not a single miss in a thousand times.

to hit a person when he's down

Pitchers have ears/

walls have ears.

Burn the midnight oil.

open one's heart to

Dog does not eat dog.

One kindness is the price of another.

to enrich oneself at others expense

Put the troops in death ground and they will live.

While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.

Prevention is better than cure.

New brooms sweep clean.

Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.

A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and

a long task proves the character of a man.

a drop in the bucket

Judge none blessed before his death.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Experience is the teacher.

to eat the bread of idleness

to be free with other's money

Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors.

You must reap what you have sown.

After joy comes sadness.

Talk of the devil and the devil comes.

Union is strength.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits.

He that does evil shall find evil.

Bad news travels quickly.

Practice makes perfect.

a fabian policy

to get water from a flint

the survival of the fittest

A cornered animal is a dangerous foe.

Every little makes a mickle.

Money can move even the gods.

Man proposes and God disposes.

There is no royal road/shortcut to learning.

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

The weakest goes to the wall.

to look one way and row another

at cross purposes

in everyone's mouth

to kick against the pricks

to give the last measure of devotion

to suffer for one's wisdom

to harp on the same string

Courtesy on one side cannot last long..

full of courtesy, full of craft

He was talking at the top of his voice.

What's done cannot be undone./

There is no use crying over spilt milk.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

to convert defeat into victory

beyond one's grasp

There's no need to teach a fish to swim.

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others

a heart of steel

to be guided by destiny

Pride goes before a fall.