【正文】 other cropping up pretty close ，更進一步make still further progress Seeing is believing． 。One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays．，死而不僵A centipede dies but never falls down．pick up a stone only to drop it on one39。 s own feet 。In half way another man appears and tries to poke his nose into the matter．，比下有余worse off than some，better off than many 。A close mouth catches no flies．No discord，no concord． He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man． refuse to give up until all hope is gone 。Until all is over one’s ambition never dies． indiscriminately dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit 。A bad workman always blames his tools．cannot be mentioned the same breath不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。It never rains but it pours．不人虎穴，焉得虎子How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger’s lair．不善始者不善終。A bad beginning makes a bad ending．不做虧心事，不怕鬼叫門。A good conscience is a soft pillow．拆東墻補西墻rob Peter to pay Paul 常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋。Touch pitch，and you w川be defiled． 吃小虧占大便宜。Venture a small fish to catch a great one．吃一塹，長一智。A fall into the pit，a gain in your wit．創(chuàng)業(yè)容易守業(yè)難。It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open． 聰明一世，糊涂一時。No man is wise at all times．大事化小，小事化了reduce a big trouble into a small one and a small one into nothing大樹底下好乘涼。Great trees are good for nothing but shade．呆人有呆福。Fools have fortune．當局者迷，旁觀者清。Lookerson see more than players． 道高一尺，魔高一丈。While the priest climbs a post，the devil climbs ten． 癲蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉aspiring after something one is not worthy 。Things at the worst will mend．富不過三代。Great men’s sons seldom Idioms and Proverbs Frequently Used in EnglishChinese InterpretationBy Zhang Wenghui well．各人自掃門前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜 one’s own potatoes工夫不負有心人Where there is a ，there is a way．狗眼看人低be damned snobbish ，不識好人心。Don39。t snap and snarl at me when I am trying to do best for you．棺材里伸手—死要錢。to be greedy for 管中窺豹，可見一斑。You may know a handful the whole sack．貴人多忘事。Great wits have short ．海底撈月。Cry for the moon． rivers run into sea． 害人害己。Harm set，harm get． ，丑事傳千里Good news never goes beyond the gate，while bad spreads far and wide． 換湯不換藥。A change in form but not in ．黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心。When fox preaches，take care of your geese 機不可失，時不再來。Do it now． ，勿施于人。Do as you would be done by． ，則安之。Take things as they e． 。Wash your dirty linen at home． 。There is a skeleton in the cupboard． ，今日畢。Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today． 。There is no place like home． ，人無完人Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect．近水樓臺先得月First e，first ．靜以修身A light heart lives long．久旱逢甘霖have a wele rain after a drought酒后吐真言。When wine is in truth，wit is out．君子之交淡如水A hedge between keeps friendship green．君子之交淡如水The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal． 蠟燭照亮別人，卻毀滅了自己。A candle lights others and consumes 。Courtesy on one side only lasts not long．臨時抱佛腳clasp Buddha’s feet when in distress留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒Where there is life，there is hope．路遙知馬力，日久見人心。Time tries all．每逢佳節(jié)倍思親It is on the festival occasions that one misses his dear most． 明槍易躲，暗箭難防。False friends are worse than bitter enemies．謀事在人，成事在天Man proposes，God disposes．逆水行舟，不進則退。He who does not advance loses ground．寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。Better to die in glory than live in dishonor．爬得高，摔得重。The higher up，the greater the fall．旁觀者清The onlooker sees most of the game． 鵬蚌相爭，漁翁得利。Two dogs strive for a bone，and a third runs away with it． 前事不忘，后事之師。Today is yesterday’s pupil．強中自有強中手。Diamond cuts diamond．巧婦難為無米之炊The cleverest housewife can39。t cook a meal without rice．清者自清，濁者自濁。The wise man knows he knows nothing，the fool thinks he knows all．窮則思變Adversity leads to prosperity． Idioms and Proverbs Frequently Used in EnglishChinese InterpretationBy Zhang Wenghui ，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。Tit for tat is fair play．，天誅地滅Everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost． ，孰能無過。To err is human． ，馬善被人騎。If you make yourself an ass，don’t plain if people ride you．。No man is content． 。The tongue is not steel，yet it cuts．，智者見智Different people have different views． snow year，a rich year． ，除非己莫為。If you don’t wish others to know of it，the only way for you is not to do it．，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing． ，賽過諸葛亮Two heads are better than one．Too many cooks spoil the broth． ，兩天曬網blow hot and cold bully is always a coward． ，有仙則名No matter how high the mountain is，its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy，猴子稱大王Among the blind the oneeyed man is 。Do well and have well． Fish begins to stink at the head．，老大徒傷悲。A young idler，an old beggar．。A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe．What’s done cannot be undone． ，敗者為寇。Losers are always in the wrong．，差之千里。A miss is as good as a mile．，滿瓶不動半瓶搖。Empty vessels make the greatest sound． ，只要肯攀登Where there isa will，there is a way．Where there is smoke，thereis fire．。Tall trees catch much wind． ，繩鋸木斷。Constant drippingwears away a stone． ，曹操到。Talk of the evil and he’ssure to ，那時快before one second hadpassed/at the twinkling of the eye。The eye is bigger than thebelly．，疏而不漏Justice has a longarm． is always a wayout．。All good thingse to an end，人有旦夕禍福。It is theunforeseen that always happens．。The fox preys farthestfrom home． 。Out of office，out of 。The pot calls the kettleblack．，人以群分。Birds of a featherflock together．，大洞吃苦。A stitch in timesaves nine．。Caution is the parentof safety．。Habit cures habit． 。A new broomsweeps ，驕傲使人落后。Modesty helps one to go forward，whereas conceit makes one lag behind． Seeing is believing．。A man withoutmoney is no man at all．，兩個和尚抬水喝，三個和尚沒水喝。One boy is a boy，two Idioms and Proverbs Frequently Used in EnglishChinese InterpretationBy Zhang Wenghui boys half a boy，three boys no boy． ，一個好漢三個幫。A fence needs the support of three stakes，and an able fellow needs the help of three other people．，百花齊放春滿園。A single flower does not make a spring． 。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening 。Old s