如魚得水 feel just like fish in water
臨陣磨槍 sharpen one’s spear only before going into battle
狐假虎威 the fox borrows the tiger’s terror
貓哭老鼠 the cat weeps over the mouse
對牛彈琴 play the harp to a bull
雨后春筍 like bamboo shoots after a spring shower
一寸光陰一寸金 an inch of time is an inch of gold
謀事在人、成事在天 man proposes, god dispose
胸有成竹 have a well-thought-out plan before doing something
手忙腳亂 in a frantic rush
立竿見影 get instant results
噤若寒蟬 keep quiet
明火執(zhí)仗 do evil things openly
牽腸掛肚 be full of anxiety and worry
快馬加鞭 speed up
藕斷絲連 have not cut off relations completely
五光十色 multicolored
歸心似箭 be very anxious to return home
雞毛蒜皮 trifling
開門見山 come straight to the point
狗急跳墻 do something desperate
黔驢技窮 at one’s wits end
單槍匹馬 all by oneself
生龍活虎 bursting with energy
順手牽羊 walk off with something
守株待兔 trust to chance and stroke of luck
肉中刺 a thorn in the flesh
混水摸魚 fish in troubled water
趁熱打鐵 Strike while the iron is hot
眼見為實 Seeing is believing
隔墻有耳 Walls have ears
自投羅網(wǎng) throw oneself into the trap
嗤之以鼻 turn up one’s nose at
一觸即發(fā) touch and go
空中樓閣 castles in the air
充耳不聞 turn a deaf ear to
熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect
事實勝于雄辯 Facts speak louder than words
笑掉大牙 laugh off one’s head
亂七八糟 at sixes and sevens
東張西望 look right and left
拋磚引玉 to throw a sprat to catch a herring
緣木求魚 seek a hare in hen’s nest
揮金如土 to spend money like water
膽小如鼠 as timid as a hare
甕中之鱉 like a rat in a hole
無風(fēng)不起浪 There is no smoke without fire
掛羊頭賣狗肉 cry up wine and sell vinegar
有志者事竟成Where there is a will there is a way
新官上任三把火 new brooms sweep clean
偷雞不著蝕把米 go for wool and come back shorn
己所不欲，勿施于人 Do as you would be done by
以眼還眼 an eye for an eye
君子協(xié)定 a gentleman’s agreement
武裝到牙齒 armed to the teeth
東施效顰 Dongshi imitating xishi
班門弄斧 show off your proficiency with an axe before the master carpenter
望梅止渴，畫餅充饑 fantasy and illusion
獐頭鼠目 young and old
衣冠楚楚 handsome and homely
襤褸破爛 smart and shabby
洗心革面，脫胎換骨 turn over a new leaf
貨色齊全 品種多樣 任君挑選 have a good assortment of goods to choose them
愛屋及烏 love me，love my dog
避坑落井 dodge a pit only to fall into a well
新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean
江山易改，本性難移 a leopard cannot change its spots
沉魚落雁，閉月羞花 the girl’s beauty would put the flowers to shame
覆水難收 spilt water cannot be gathered
孤掌難鳴 you can’t clap with one hand
忠言逆耳 truth hurts
逐鹿為馬 talk black into white
涸澤而漁 ruin the source of supply
換湯不換藥 old wine in new bottles
