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一些有用的英语谚语和习惯用法借是友，讨是敌 1.He that does lend will lose his friend. 借酒浇愁 1.to drink sorrow down; to drink ones sorrows away; to drink to drown trouble; to drown grief in drinking; to drown ones sorrows in liquor; to take solace in alcohol 兼听则明，偏听则暗 1.to listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; to heed only one side and you will be benighted 冤有头，债有主 1.Every debt has its debtor. 2.Every injustice has its perpetrator. 唉声叹气 1.to heave deep sighs (of sorrow, weariness, frustration, etc.); to sigh in despair; to moan and groan; to mope and sigh; to sigh and moan 家家有本难念的经 1.Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. 2.Every family has some sort of trouble. 家丑不可外扬 1.Domestic shame should not be made public. 2.Domestic scandals should not be publicized. 3.Dont wash your dirty linen in public. 宴安鸩毒 1.Seeking pleasure is like drinking poisoned wine. 差以毫厘，谬以千里 1.A slight error in the beginning results in a big mistake in the end. 挟天子以令诸侯 1.to have the emperor in ones power and order the dukes about in his name; to usurp power by holding the emperor as a hostage and acting in his name 料事如神 1.to foretell like a prophet; to foretell things accurately 桃李不言，下自成蹊 1.quite but attractive; where there is real ability there is fame 气可鼓而不可泄 1.morale should be boosted, not dampened 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 1.A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 留得青山在，不愁没柴烧 1.As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood. 2.While theres life theres hope. 真金不怕火炼 1.True gold fears no fire. 2.A person of integrity can stand any tests. 神不知，鬼不觉 1.without even the spirits knowing about it 茶来伸手饭来张口 1.to live on the labor of others; to lead the life of a parasite 酒逢知己千杯少 1.One can drink far more than usual with a bosom friend. 干打雷，不下雨 1.thunder but no rain; big talk but no action 做一天和尚撞一天钟 1.to go on tolling the bell as long as one is a monk; to do ones job perfunctorily; to take a passive attitude towards ones work 偷鸡不着蚀把米 1.[Literal] to try to steal a chicken only to end up losi