常用成语俗语英文表达

1.铁石心肠 cruel and unrelenting

2.置死地于后生a vigorous and manly exertion 3.千秋功业a great undertaking of lasting importance 4.安居乐业 live in peace and work happily 5.骨肉分离 family separation 6.各得其所 be properly provided for 7.众议纷纭 disagree on

8.岁月不居，来日苦短 Time does not stay is brief is the day. 9.夜长梦多 A long delay may mean trouble. 10.时不我与 Time and tide wait for no man. 11.依时顺势 keep up with the tide

12.日渐没落 being pushed out of business 13.鹬蚌相争 play A off against B 14.浩然之气 noble spirit

15.凤毛麟角 a rarity of the rarities 16.望而生畏 stand in awe before 17.敬而远之 keep respectfully aloof from 18.众矢之的 in the dock 19.毫无瓜葛 be divorced from

20.尔虞我诈 sheer cunning and falsehood 21.备受推崇 be rewarded and respected

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22.善有善报，恶有恶报 the good inevitably is successful and the bad inevitably punished

23.其乐融融 sweetness and light 24.义无反顾 feel obliged to

25.物美价廉 attractive in price and quality 26.源源不断 keep flowing in a steady stream 27.滚滚不息 pour into 28.福祉 well-being 29.精华 quintessence 30.阴霾 specter

31.势不两立 pit sth against sth 32.打折扣 wear thin / water down 33.大展宏图 score big points 34.重整旗鼓 shock sth back to life 35.不谋而合 coincide with 36.染指 dip one’s finger in

37.博大精深 both extensive and profound 38.远流长 long-standing and well-established 39.诸子百家 the masters’ hundred schools 40.天下为公 All under heaven are equal.

41.天下兴亡，匹夫有责Everybody is responsible for the fate of his country.

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42.吃苦耐劳 bear hardships

43.勤俭持 frugality in household management 44.尊师重教respect teachers and value education 45.当务之急 highest priority 46.遭受重创 take a heavy toll 47.先见之明 prescient move

48.奇园古宅 exotic gardens and old mansions 49.衣食住行 clothing, food, shelter and transportation 50.信誓旦旦 be poised to

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