英文成語故事附翻譯三篇

英文成語故事附翻譯三篇英文成語故事帶翻譯一：玩火自焚DuringtheSpringandAutumnPeriod(770(4)76BC),princeZhouXuoftheStateofWeikilledhisbrotherandbecamethenewemperor.ZhouXuwasatyrant.HeoppressedhispeopleandindulgedinwarsofagGREssion.Bylaunchingwars,hetriedtodivertthepeople'sattentionandreducetheirdiscontentwithhiminordertoconsolidatehisdictatorship.TheDukeoftheStateofLuleantaboutZhouXu'susurpationofstatepowerandhisambitiousplan,heaskedaseniorofficial,"WhatdoyouthinkaboutZhouXu'smove?"Theofficialanswered,"Heindulgesinwars,bringinghispeoplemuchdisaster.Hewon'tgettheirsupport.Andhe'scapricious,sofewofhisclosefriendsfollowhim.Hecanneverachievehissuccess.Inaddition,warislikefire.Ifonelauncheswarsendlesslywithoutrestraint,he'lleventuallyburnhimself."Sureenough,thepeopleofWeiwiththehelpoftheStateofChenoverthrewZhouXuandkilledhiminlessthanayear.Later,peopleuseittomeanthatthosewhodoevilwillfinallyruinthemselves.春秋時期，衛(wèi)國的王子州吁殺死了他的哥哥衛(wèi)桓公，成為了衛(wèi)國的國君。州吁是個暴君，他壓迫百姓，到處侵略別的國家。他想利用戰(zhàn)爭來分散百姓的注意力，減少人們對他的不滿，穩(wěn)固他的專政。魯國的君王知道州吁奪取了王位，還想吞并其他國家，就問他手下的一名官員："你認(rèn)為州吁的目的能到達(dá)嗎?"那位官員說道："州吁到處打仗，給人民來了災(zāi)難。人民不會支持他。他這個人又翻云覆雨，身邊沒有什么親信。他不可能實現(xiàn)自己的野心。而且，戰(zhàn)爭就象火。無休止地打仗，最后，火會燒到自己身上。"果然，不到一年，衛(wèi)國人民就在陳國的幫助下推翻了州吁的統(tǒng)治，并處死了他。后來，人們用這個成語來比喻干害人的勾當(dāng)，最后受害的還是自己。英文成語故事帶翻譯二：畫餅充饑ThisidiomcomesfromRecordsofThreeKingdomsKingdomofWeiBiographyofLuYu.WhenLuYu,theministeroftheStateofWeiwasyoung,hisparentsandbrothersalldiedoneafteranother,andhebecameanorphan.Insuchadifficultsituation,hestillstudiedveryhard.Finallyhebecameatalentedpersonandservedasahighofficialofhisstate.HewassouprightinperforminghisofficialdutiesthathewaspromotedtotheministeroftheBoardofCivil0ffice,inchargeoftheofficials'appointmentsandremovals.OwingtothevacancyofLuYu'soriginalpost,ithadtofillupanewofficialforit.Althoughthereweremanyofficialstorecommendsomewell-knownpeopleforthepost,allwererefusedbyEmperorWen.HeonlyletLuYudoitandalsopointedout:"Itdependsonyouwhetherwecanfindtherightpersonfortheimportantpost.Butwecan'tchoosesomeoneonlywithfameinsteadofhisrealability.Yousee,thefameisjustlikedrawingcakesonthegroundtoallayhungry."ThenLuexpressedhisidea:"Youareright,YourMajesty,selectionsshoulddependontheirreallearningandabilities.Buttherealfameisstillveryimportant,suchasself-possessionandhighmoralcharacter.Soweshouldselectpeoplewithbothofthem."Nowweuseittodescribecomfortingoneselfwithunrealisticthoughts,withoutsolvingpracticalproblemsandfeedingonillusions.此語出自《三國志魏志盧毓傳》。三國時代,魏國的大臣盧毓,自幼父母雙亡,兩位兄長又先后逝世,他成了孤兒。但他刻苦學(xué)習(xí),終于成了很有才學(xué)的人,而且做了朝廷大臣。他為官清正、廉潔,因而連連提升,后被任命為吏部尚書,負(fù)責(zé)官吏的任免。盧毓升任吏部尚書后,他原擔(dān)任的中書郎職務(wù)空缺,需要選拔人補(bǔ)上,當(dāng)時有很多大臣都推薦一些有名氣的人來擔(dān)任,但都被魏文帝回絕了。魏文帝曹睿要盧毓選好這個官,并對他說:“這次選拔中書郎,能否選到適宜的人,就看你了。千萬不要選那些只有虛名而沒有真才實學(xué)的人,虛名就像在地上畫的餅,是不能充饑的?！北R毓對此說出了他的意見:“陛下說得很對,選拔不能只看名氣,但名氣也能反映一定的實際情況,假如是修養(yǎng)、才學(xué)都好而有名氣就不應(yīng)該嫌棄,主要看他們是否有真才實學(xué)?！庇⑽某烧Z故事帶翻譯三：邯鄲學(xué)步ImitatingAnotherwithoutSuccessandLosingWhatUsedtoBeOne'sOwnAbilityTraditionhasitthatmorethan2,oooyearsago,therelivedayoungmanintheShoulingareaoftheStateofYan.Ashisnameisnotknown,wejustcallhimShoulingyoungmanforconvenience'ssake.selfconfidentHewasatalossastohowtobehaveallthetime.Hisfamilymembersadvisedhimtoovercomethisshortcoming,buthethoughttheywerefondofpokingtheirnosesintohisbusinessandwereunwillingtoprovidehimwithtuitionfee.Hisrelativesandneighbourssneeredathim,sayingthathewouldneverbeabletolearnanything.Asthedayswentby,heevenbegantodoubtwhetherheshouldwalkthewayhedid,forhefeltmoreandmorethathiswalkinggesturesweretooclumsyandawkward.Oneday,hemetsomepeopleontheroadwhowerechattingandlaughing.OneofthemsaidthatpeopleinHandanwalkedmostgracefully.Andthatwasjustwhathewasmostconcernedabout,sohehurreedtowardsthemandwantedtomakefurtherinquiries.Tohissurprise,whenthesepeoplesawhim,theystalkedofflaughing.Hecouldnotpicturetohimselfinwhatwaytheirwalkinggesturesweregraceful,nomatterhowhardherackedhisparentsoneday.HewenttoHandanwhichwasfarawaytolearnhowtowalk.AssoonashearrivedinHandan,hewasdazzledtofindthateverythingwasnovel.Helearnedfromthechildrentherehowtowalk,becausehethoughtthatthechildren'swalkinggestureswerelivelyandpleasingtotheeye.Helearndfromtheoldpeopletherehowtowalk,becausehethoughttheoldpeople'swalkinggesturesweresteady.Helearndfromthewomentherehowtowalk,becausehethoughtthewomen'swayingwalkinggestureswerebeautiful.Thatbeingthecasewithhim,inlessthanhalfamonthheevenforgothowtowalk.Ashehadalreadyuseduphistravelingexpenses,hehadtocrawlbackhome.Thisstorycomefromthearticle"AutumnWater"inTheWorksofXhuangZi(ZhuangZiwasafamousancientChinesephilosopherofabout300B.c.).Laterthesetphrase"initatinganotherwithoutsuccessandlosingwhatusedtobeone'sownability"isusedtorefertoactsofcopyingothersmechanisallyindisregardofspecififcconditions.相傳在兩千年前，燕國壽陵地方有一位少年，不知道姓啥叫啥，就叫他壽陵少年吧!這位壽陵少年不愁吃不愁穿，論長相也算得上中等人材，可他就是缺乏自信心，經(jīng)常無緣無故地感到事事不如人，低人一等——衣服是人家的好，飯菜是人家的香，站相坐相也是人家高雅。他見什么學(xué)什么，學(xué)一樣丟一樣，雖然把戲翻新，卻始終不能做好一件事，不知道自己該是什么模樣。家里的人勸他改一改這個毛病，他以為是家里人管得太多。親戚、鄰居們，說他是狗熊掰棒子，他也根本聽不進(jìn)去。日久天長，他竟疑心自己該不該這樣走路，越看越覺得自己走路的