關於常用成語的中英對照

關於常用成語的中英對照

　　天長地久——as old as the hills

　　膽小如鼠——as timid as a hare

　　坦然自若——as cool as a cucumber

　　水中撈月——to fish in the air

　　苦如黃連——as bitter as wormwood

　　雞皮疙瘩——goose-flesh

　　旁觀者清——The onlooker sees most of the game

　　豔如桃李——as red as rose

　　狐假虎威——ass in the lion's skin

　　物以類聚——Birds of a feather flock together

　　非驢非馬——Neither fish, nor flesh, nor fowl.

　　如釋重負——to take a load off one's mind

　　揮金如土——to spend money like water

　　弱不禁風——as weak as water

　　瞬息之間——in the twinkle of an eye

　　淚如泉湧——a stream of tears

　　甕中之鱉——a rat in a hole

　　揚眉吐氣——to hold one's head high

　　一針見血——to touch one on the raw

　　不翼而飛——to take wings to itself

　　小題大做——to make mountains out of molehills

　　格格不入——a square peg in a round hole

　　山窮水盡——at the end of one's rope

　　冷若冰霜——as cold as a marble

　　半斤八兩——six of one and half a dozen of the other

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

　　孤注一擲——to put all one's eggs in one basket

　　紙上談兵——armchair strategy

　　白費口舌——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

　　人身攻擊——personal remark