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成语 A 爱不释手fondle admiringly 爱财如命skin a flea for its hide 爱屋及乌love me ,love my dog /He that loves the tree loves the branch 安居乐业live and work in peace and contentment 按部就班 Learn to walk before you run.不要厚此薄彼 Dont make fish of one and flesh of another. 不畏 Take the bull by the horns. 不要不自量力 Dont put a quarter into a pint pot. 不告而別 to take French leave 不而屈人之兵 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 tigers lair. 不一事，不一智 Experience is the mother of wisdom. 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 不眠之夜white night　 不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses 不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do ones best 不打不成交No discord, no concord.百一失 Not a single miss in a hundred times. 百不如一 To see is to believe. (Seeing is believing.) 兵精不必多 Too many cooks spoil the broth.別狗咬呂洞，不好人心 Dont bite the hand that feeds you.背道而 to run counter 病口入口出 Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it. to eat the bread of idleness 鞭长莫及 beyond ones grasp 百闻不如一见Seeing is believing. 笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start. 吃得苦中苦，方人上人 If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter. No gain without pain. 吃里扒外live on somebody while helping others secretly 痴心妄想 胡思乱想wishful thinking 持之以恒preserve 叱咤风云ride the whirlwind 差之毫失之千里 A miss is as good as a mile’s jib 粗枝大叶careless slapdash sloppy 粗枝大叶的broad-brush 措手不及unaware unprepared 拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 趁热打铁strike while the iron is hot to suffer for ones wisdom 趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters打落水狗 to hit a person when hes down Strike while the iron is hot. 大材小用waste ones talent on a petty job 大公无私selfless 大海捞针look for a needle in a bottle of hay 大惑不解be extremely puzzled 大惊小怪a storm in a teacup/ foofaraw/ fuss like a