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常用成语英译300例 徐州 曹卫国 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 暗送秋波 make secret overture to sb 八仙过海 vie with each other ;the eight fairies crossed the sea(the eight fairies are characters in the Chinese myth story)? 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing. 班门弄斧showing off one’s proficiency with an axe before Luban, the master carpenter? 饱食终日无所事事 to eat the bread of idleness 杯弓蛇影 afraid of one’s shadow 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst. 毕恭毕敬cap in hand：He always treats his boss cap in hand. 鞭长莫及 beyond ones grasp 病疾乱投医 consult anybody when in a desperate situation 不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 不到黄河心不死 not stop until one reaches one’s goal 不眠之夜 white night 不入虎穴焉得虎子　How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering the tigers lair. 不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best 不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses 不知所措all at sea? 沧海一栗 a drop in the bucket 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 车到山前必有路 Things will eventually sort themselves out. 趁火打劫to fish in?troubled waters 城门失火，殃及池鱼 When the city gate catches fire, the disaster extends even to the fish in the moat. 吃一堑，长一智 a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit 充耳不闻 turn a deaf year to 愁眉苦脸gloomy faces? 初出茅庐 just have first experience in 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously?protesting his innocence.? 聪明反被聪明误to suffer for ones wisdom 粗枝大叶 be crude and careless? 打草惊蛇　wake a sleeping dog. 打落水狗 hit a person when he is down 大开眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-opener 大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 大张旗鼓 on a large and spectacular scale 单枪匹马 be single-handed in doing sth 胆小如鼠as timid as a rabbit? 盗亦有道Dog does not eat dog. 道高一尺魔高一丈While the priest?climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten. 得过且过t