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一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草? Once bitten, twice shy.
一言既出，???追 A word spoken is past recalling.
一??情 to fall in love at first sight
一箭??/一??傻 Kill two birds with one stone.
一寸光?一寸金 Time is money.
一失足成千古恨 The error committed on impulse may turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life.
一?⒐γ?f古枯 What millions died that Caesar might be great.
一年之?在於春，一日之?在於晨 Plan your year in spring and your day at dawn.
一人??百人意 You cannot please everyone.
一?夂淺 Never make two bites of a cherry.
一白遮三? A white complexion is powerful enough to hide seven faults.
一知半解 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
一心一意 John is a person who always works with undivided attention.
一丘之貉 These people are cut from the same cloth./are tarred with the same brush.
一目了然 His words just leapt to the eye. Do you need me to explain it?
一帆?? His business has gone off without a hitch.
一刻千金 You have to make good use of time. After all, every time counts.
一事?o成 I am happy to know that all have ended in smoke about him.
一??T地 The outcome of the election just bit the dust.
一??血 His comment on the current affairs always hits the right nail on the head.
一清二楚 The accounts don't seem to be as clear as crystal.
一意孤行 That boy is always going her own way. He won't listen to his parents' advice.
一落千丈 My son's schoolwork has gone to pot. He really lets me down.
一??人 His performance at school really comes as a bombshell.
一?千金 He never goes back on his word. He is as good as his word.
一?r?起 Don't always do things by fits and snatches.
一蹴可及 You should know that it is impossible to make it at one stroke.
一?莫展 I really have no idea what to do. Now I am at my wit's end.
一??o? If you stand here looking down at the city. The wonderful scene will be in full view.
一?不通 What you said is all Greek to me.
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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? Life is but a dream.
人生自古??o死 Death comes to all men.
人生百?q古?硐 It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old.
人定?傯 Man can conquer nature.
人不可貌相 Appearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a look by its cover.
人生而平等 All men are created equal.
人山人海 How many people are there in the stadium? Believe it or not, a sea of faces
人之常情 It's hamun nature for me to help those who need help.
人云亦云 Don't echo others' words. Sometimes you've got to find out the truth.
人去?強 Regretful to say, when the master was absent, his mansion was dead.
人面?心 He is cruel enought to kill that girl; he's really a wolf in sheep's clothing.
人言可畏 Always remember what I say to you. Opinion rules the world. (Fling dirt enought and some will stick.)
十年?水?流? Every dog has its day.
十全十美 The show just leaves nothing to be desired.
十拿九? We have winning the game in the bag.
十?火急 I am writing in hot haste to let you know that I will be there on time.
了?o瓜葛 That politician claimed that he had nothing to do with that scandal.
力不?男 A:Can you do me a favor? B:Sorry, my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak.
力挽狂?? He tried to stem the tide, but in vain.
入境?俗 Do in Rome as the Romans do.
入木三分 It actually gave a vivid picture of cut the quick. (leave an indelible impression)
七上八下 Don't talk to me now because I am greatly upse now. (with one's heart going pitapat)
七?生?? He was in a great fury (fuming with anger; ina great rage; terribly furious) and swore to get even with the opposite(跟?Ψ???.
七零八落 After the quake, the buildings went to rock and ruin.
八面玲? In fact, she dances and sings all weathers. (her mill goes with all winds.)
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三思而後行 Look before you leap.
三句不?本行 to talk shop
三??臭皮匠?龠^一???葛亮 Two heads are better than one.
三番?紗 This guy is at me(找我碴) time after time.(time and again; time and time again.)
三?其口 You'd better hold your peace, or you'll ask for trouble.
千?一? to hang by a hair thread
大智若愚 He who canot play the fool is not a wise man.
大器晚成 Rome was not built in a day.
大海?漆? Finding your lost contact lens is just like looking for a needle in a haystack.
山?水? at the end of one's resources
山中?o老虎，猴子?大王 Among the blind the one-eyed is king./When the cat's away, the mice will pay.
小?大做 Make a mountain out of a molehill.
小洞不?，大?沓鑰 A stitch in time saves nine.
小不忍?t?y大 Patience is a virtue.
工欲善其事，必先利其器 You cannot make bricks without straw.
不要厚此薄彼 Don't make fish of one and flesh of another.
不畏?? Take the bull by the horns.
不要不自量力 Don't put a quarter into a pint pot.
己所不欲勿施於人 Do unto others as you would be done.
仁者?o? The benevolent have no enemy.
工欲善其事必先利器 You cannot make bricks without straw.
亡羊?牢 Better late than never./ It's never too late to mend.
上?獠喚酉? I got out of breath when I climbed those stairs.
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不告而?e to take French leave
不要不自量力 Don't put a quarter into a pint pot.
不要厚此薄彼 Don't make fish of one and flesh of another.
不畏?? Take the bull by the horns.
不?鴝??酥? The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
不入虎穴焉得虎子 How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering the tiger's lair.
不?一事，不?一智 Experience is the mother of wisdom.
不舍?夜(24小?r) Some convenience stores offer around the clock service.
不?倨? Your little brother is a pain in the neck.
少年老成 to have an old head on young shoulders
少不更事 Although she is 20, she was still wet behind the ears in some ways.
天?o?人之路 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
天下?貘f一般黑 Crows are black all over the world.
天?o?人之路 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb./ When one door shuts another opens.
天助自助者 Heaven helps those who help themselves.
天有不?y??，人有旦夕?福 It is the unexpected that always happens.
毛遂自? to recommend one's own person
心正不怕雷打 A good conscience is a soft pillow.
心?M意足 The little boy sat there smiling, as happy as a clam.
化干戈?橛癲 Bury the tomahwak(hatchet).
仁者?o? The benevolent have no enemy.
今日事今日? Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
文?鳧段 The pen is mightier than the sword.
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以身作?t to practice what one practices
以毒攻毒 to set a thief to catch a thief
以怨?蟮 to bite the hand that feeds one
以逸待? To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.
以寡?潮? to fight against longer odds
以德?笤 to render good for evil
以其人之道?治其人之身 Set a thief to catch a thief.
以子之矛，攻子之盾 to turn a person's battery against himself
四大皆空 All is vanity.
四海之?冉孕值 All are brothers within the four seas.
未雨?? Keep some extra money for a fainy day.
目不?丁 not know A from B
失??槌曬χ? Failure is the mother of success.
失之毫?，差之千里 A miss is as good as a mile.
只要功夫深，?杵磨成? Little strokes fell great oaks.
毛遂自? to recommend one's own person
打落水狗 to hit a person when he's down
打?趁? Strike while the iron is hot.
犯?是人之常情，??恕是超凡的 To err is human; to forgive divine.
只要功夫深，?杵磨成? Little strokes fell great oaks.
白?唇舌 to waste your breath on him
生於?n患，死於安? Adversity spurs vitality, while comfort breeds sloth .
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任?諶臥 to bear hardship without complaint
自作自受 As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
自?苦吃 to make a rod for one's own back
自力更生 to shift for oneself
自?嘜T前雪 After us the deluge.
回?浪子 the return of a prodigal
先下手??? Offence is the best defence.
同甘共苦 to share one's joys and sorrows
因地制宜 act according to circumstances
有勇?o more brave than wise
有??o患 Good watch prevents misfortune.
有志者事竟成 Where there is a will, there is a way.
有?能使鬼推磨 Money makes the world go around. /Money talks.
有其父必有其子 Like father, like son.
江山易改本性?移 The child is father of the man.
江山易改本性?移 A leopard cannot change it's spots.
百?o一失 Not a single miss in a hundred times.
百依百? She expects us to jump through hoops for her.
百?不如一? To see is to believe. (Seeing is believing.)
吃得苦中苦，方?槿松先 If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter.
每人一生中皆有得意之日 Every dog has his day.
色是假，美是空 Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty.
吉人自有天相 The good are protected by Heaven. / All's wel that ends well.
如?以?? The mayor finally got his way with the city council.
如人?水冷暖自知 Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.
吃得苦中苦，方?槿松先 No gain without pain.
早起的??河邢x吃 The early bird catches the worm.
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弄巧成拙 Overreach oneself; overshoot oneself; overshoot the mark
忍?o可忍 to be at the end of one's patience
忍一?r之?餉獍偃罩?n patience for a moment; comfort for many years
忘恩?? to kick down the ladder
走?看花 a flying visit
防患於未然 to nip a thing in the bud
佛要金?，人要衣? Fine feathers make fine birds.
兵精不必多 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
身在福中不知福 The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.
你敬我一尺，我回你一丈 You scratch my back, and I will sratch yours.
?e狗咬?味促e，不?好人心 Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
志在千里 Hitch your wagon to a star.
初出茅?]/一?不通 He was a babe in the woods (/ a total green horn) regarding politics.
否?O泰? After a storm comes a calm.
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奇??服 a fantastic garb
忠言逆耳 Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear
明辨是非 to distinguish right from wrong
知足常? Happy is he who is content
知足者富 He who feels contented is rich
知人知面不知心 It's easy to know men's faces, but not their hearts.
知己知彼百?鳶? Know your enemy and know yourself.
空中?情w castles in the air
金科玉律 the gold rule
奇??服 a fantastic garb
明辨事非 to distinguish right fromwrong
雨後春? like bamboo shoots after a spring shower
雨?天青 After a storm comes a calm.
秀才不出?能知天下事 A scholor does not step outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under the sun.
事???鳧緞壢q Facts are most convincing.
?淼萌菀茲サ每 Easy come, easy go.
金玉其外?⌒跗渲 All that glitters is not gold.
兔子不吃??草 The fox preys farthest from his hole.
若要人不知除非己莫? If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.
?]有笑?不出? A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
虎父?o虎子 Like father, like son.
往者不可?，?碚擢q可追 A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
??思? Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
物?天? "Survival of the fittest," describes the runners finishing the marathon races.
物以?聚 Birds of a feather flock together.
夜以?日 The nurse was with the patient day and night.
英雄所?略同 Great minds think alike.
於事?o? Complaining is of little(no) avail. It is better for you to take action now.
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姻?天?定 Marriages are made in heaven.
逆?眄?受 to make the best of a bad bargain
流芳百世 a niche in the temple of fame
?榛⒆?t to act as guide to a tiger
孤注一?S to put all one's egg in one basket
勇者不? A brave man will not shrink from dangers.
洗心革面 to turn over a new leaf
美中不足 a fly in the ointment
背道而? to run counter
走??富 to go through fire and water
??T??年 to have one foot in the grave
???唳，草木皆兵 to apprehend danger in every sound
活到老?W到老 It's never too late to learn./ Live and learn.
前事不忘後事之?? 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??容如待己 Live and let live.
按部就班 Learn to walk before you run.
南?北? The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor.
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病?目諶氳??目誄 Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.
笑?藏刀 a smile to hide one's hate
留得青山在，不怕?]柴? Where there's life there's hope
海底?圃 to fish in the air
海底?漆? to look for a needle in a bundle of hay
差之毫?失之千里 A miss is as good as a mile
既往不咎 Let the dead bury their dead.
?⑸沓扇 to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete
?㈦u焉用牛刀 Take not a musket to kill a butterfly
?不?袷 A good appetite is a good sauce.
害群之? black sheep
家?不可外?P Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
恩威?K? alternate weakness with severity
旁?者清 The outside sees the best of the game.
?r卟? to have a bad time
殊途同?w All roads lead to Rome.
?志成城/?F?就是力量 Union is strenth.
疾?知?挪 Adversity reveals genius.
旁?者清，?局者迷 Lookers-on see most of the game.
莫在太?q?上?油 Let sleeping dogs lie.
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得意忘形 to leap out of one's skin
捷足先登 The early bird catches the worm.
欲速?t不? Haste makes waste
欲速?t不? More haste, less speed.
欲加之罪，何患?o? Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him.
混水摸? to fish in troubled waters
?小失大 penny-wise and poundfoolish
??T成自然 once a use forever a custom
?煅蠑^?狗肉 cry up wine and sell vinegar
??o立?之地 as poor as a church mouse
雪中送炭真君子/患??真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
?想天? to give loose to one's fancy
集思?V? Two heads are better than one.
得?且? to live from hand to mouth
情人眼?出西施 Love is blind.
情有?? All the girls liked Kevin, but he had eyes only for Mary.
冤家宜解不宜? Better remove enmity than contract it.
眼不???Q Out of sight, out of mind.
?口而出 A slip of the tongue can sometimes land you in trouble.
?身?地 Sometimes you have to learn to be in my shoes.
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智者千?]，必有一失 Homer sometimes nods.
?儼或??〔火H to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure
富?在天 Riches and honors come from heaven.
智者不惑 A wise man is free from perplexities.
?o?不起浪 There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.)
?蛇添足 to paint the lily
趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters
量入?槌 to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet
?奉?? ostensible obedience
跑了和尚跑不了?R The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.
?物之? the lords of creation
?事??? Everything is difficult at the start
??o一失 not a single miss in a thousand times.
落井下石 to hit a person when he's down
隔??有耳 Pitchers have ears; walls have ears.
?夜?/挑?粢? Burn the midnight oil.
??壓 He always opens his heart to his spouse when he has a problem.
?亦有道 Dog does not eat dog.
善有善? One kindness is the price of another.
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?p人利己 to enrich oneself at others expense
置之死地而後生 Put the troops in death ground and they will live.
道高一尺魔高一丈 While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten.
?防?鳧噸委? Prevention is better than cure.
新官上任三把火 New brooms sweep clean.
塞翁失?焉知非福 Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.
路?知?力日久?人心 A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man.
?婧Ｒ煥 a drop in the bucket
?棺?定 Judge none blessed before his death.
?q月不?人 Time and tide wait for no man.
??即良?? Experience is the teacher.
微不足道 The police crackdown on speeding is just a drop in the ocean in solving Taiwan's traffic problems.
勤能?拙 Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence.
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?勱K正?? to die a natural death (to die in one's bed)
寡不?舯? There is no contending against odds.
?ε??琴 to cast pearls before swine
?不?渦 Misfortunes never come single.
?食?日?o所事事 to eat the bread of idleness
慷他人之慨 to be free with other's money
??不如近? Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
?瓜得瓜?豆得豆 You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap.
??O生悲 After joy comes sadness.
?曹操到曹操就到 Talk of the devil and the devil comes.
?F?就是力量 Union is strength.
需要?榘l(fā)明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention.
?M招?p，?受益 Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits.
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?河?? He that does evil shall find evil.
?菏?髑Ю Bad news travels quickly.
熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect.
?兵之? a fabian policy
?木求? to get water from a flint
?者生存 the survival of the fittest
?寇莫追 A cornered animal is a dangerous foe.
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?少成多 Every little makes a mickle.
?少成多 Every little helps.
?可通神 Money can move even the gods.
質(zhì)略諶順墑略諤 Man proposes and God disposes.
?W???o捷? There is no royal road/shortcut to learning.
?C不可失 Opportunity seldo knocks twice.
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???倭? The weakest goes to the wall.
??|?粑 to look one way and row another
?炙人口 in everyone's mouth
螳臂?躑? to kick against the pricks
鞠躬?瘁 to give the last measure of devotion
?明反被?明? to suffer for one's wisdom
??重? to harp on the same string
?尚往? Courtesy on one side cannot last long.
?多必? full of courtesy, full of craft
?嘶力竭 He was talking at the top of his voice.
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覆水?收 What's done cannot be undone./There is no use crying over spilt milk.
?石不生苔 A rolling stone gathers no moss.
???? to convert defeat into victory
鞭?莫及 beyond one's grasp
?公?前耍大刀 There's no need to teach a fish to swim.
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?酪載?己??以待人 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others
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?石心? a heart of steel
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?天由命 to be guided by destiny
?者必? Pride goes before a fall.