常用成语的中英对照

关于常用成语的中英对照

　　天长地久——as old as the hills

　　胆小如鼠——as timid as a hare

　　坦然自若——as cool as a cucumber

　　水中捞月——to fish in the air

　　苦如黄连——as bitter as wormwood

　　鸡皮疙瘩——goose-flesh

　　旁观者清——The onlooker sees most of the game

　　艳如桃李——as red as rose

　　狐假虎威——ass in the lion's skin

　　物以类聚——Birds of a feather flock together

　　非驴非马——Neither fish, nor flesh, nor fowl.

　　如释重负——to take a load off one's mind

　　挥金如土——to spend money like water

　　弱不禁风——as weak as water

　　瞬息之间——in the twinkle of an eye

　　泪如泉涌——a stream of tears

　　瓮中之鳖——a rat in a hole

　　扬眉吐气——to hold one's head high

　　一针见血——to touch one on the raw

　　不翼而飞——to take wings to itself

　　小题大做——to make mountains out of molehills

　　格格不入——a square peg in a round hole

　　山穷水尽——at the end of one's rope

　　冷若冰霜——as cold as a marble

　　半斤八两——six of one and half a dozen of the other

　　胸有成竹——to have a card up one's sleeve

　　孤注一掷——to put all one's eggs in one basket

　　纸上谈兵——armchair strategy

　　白费口舌——to speak to the wind

　　同行相嫉——Two of a trade can never agree.

　　一文不名——without a penny to one's name

　　收回前言——to eat one's words

　　令人毛骨悚然——to make one's hair stand on end

　　人身攻击——personal remark