中國俗語的英文翻譯

無源之水,無本之木waterwithoutasource,andatreewiithoutroots無中生有make/createsomethingoutofnothing無風不起浪Therearenowaveswithoutwind.There\\\'snosmokewithoutfire.徇私枉法bendthelawforthebenefitofrelativesorfriends新官上任三把火anewbroomsweepsclean虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后Modestyhelpsonegoforward,whereasconceitmakesonelagbehind.蓄勢而發(fā)accumulatestrengthforatake-off心想事成Mayallyourwishcometrue心照不宣haveatacitunderstanding;givetacitconsent;tacitunderstanding先入為主Firstimpressionsarefirmlyentrenched.先下手為強catchtheballbeforethebound像熱鍋上的螞蟻likeanantonahotpan現身說法warnpeoplebytakingoneselfasanexample息事寧人pouroilontroubledwaters喜憂參半mingledhopeandfear循序漸進stepbystep一路平安，一路順風speedsomebodyontheirway;speedthepartingguest嚴以律己,寬以待人bestrictwithoneselfandlenienttowardsothers魚米之鄉(xiāng)alandofmilkandhoney有情人終成眷屬"JackshallhaveJill,allshallbewell."有錢能使鬼推磨Moneymakesthemarego.Moneytalks.有識之士peopleofvision有勇無謀usebrawnratherthanbrain有緣千里來相會Separatedaswearethousandsofmilesapart,wecometogetherasifbypredestination.與時俱進advancewithtimes以人為本peopleoriented;peopleforemost因材施教teachstudentsaccordingtotheiraptitude欲窮千里目，更上一層樓"toascendanotherstoreytoseeathousandmilesfurther;Ascendfurther,wereyoutolookfarther;Wouldeyeembraceathousandmiles?Goup,oneflight."欲速則不達Hastedoesnotbringsuccess.優(yōu)勝劣汰survivalofthefittest英雄所見略同Greatmindsthinkalike.冤家宜解不宜結Bettermakefriendsthanmakeenemies.冤假錯案"casesinwhichpeoplewereunjustly,falselyorwronglychargedorsentenced;unjust,falseorwrongcases"一言既出，駟馬難追Arealmannevergoesbackonhiswords.招財進寶Moneyandtreasureswillbeplentiful債臺高筑becomedebt-ridden致命要害Achilles\\\'heel眾矢之的targetofpubliccriticism知己知彼,百戰(zhàn)不殆Knowtheenemyandknowyourself,andyoucanfightahundredbattleswithnodangerofdefeat.紙上談兵beanarmchairstrategist紙包不住火Truthwillcometolightsoonerorlater.左右為難betweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea;betweentherockandthehardplace前人栽樹,后人乘涼Onegenerationplantsthetreesinwhoseshadeanothergenerationrests.前怕狼,后怕虎fearthewolfinfrontandthetigerbehind/hesitateindoingsomething強龍難壓地頭蛇Evenadragon(fromtheoutside)findsithardtocontrolasnakeinitsoldhaunt-Powerfuloutsiderscanhardlyaffordtoneglectlocalbullies.強強聯(lián)手win-winco-operation瑞雪兆豐年Atimelysnowpromisesagoodharvest.人之初,性本善Man\\\'snatureatbirthisgood.人逢喜事精神爽Joyputsheartintoaman.人海戰(zhàn)術huge-crowdstrategy世上無難事，只要肯攀登"Wherethereisawill,thereisaway."世外桃源afictitiouslandofpeaceawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld;死而后已untilmyheartstopsbeating歲歲平安Peaceallyearround上有天堂，下有蘇杭"Justasthereisparadiseinheaven,therareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth."塞翁失馬，焉知非福Misfortunemaybeanactualblessing.三十而立"Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty.Atthirty,amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimself."升級換代updatingandupgrading(ofproducts)四十不惑Lifebeginsatforty.誰言寸草心，報得三春暉"Suchkindnessofwarmsun,can\\\'tberepaidbygrass.水漲船高Whentheriverrises,theboatfloatshigh.時不我待Timeandtidewaitfornoman.殺雞用牛刀breakabutterflyonthewheel實事求是seektruthfromfacts;bepracticalandrealistic;betruetofacts說曹操,曹操到Talkofthedevilandhecomes.實話實說speaktheplaintruth;callaspadeaspade;tellitasitis實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準Practiceisthesolecriterionfortestingtruth.山不在高，有仙則名"Nomatterhowhighthemountainis,itsnamewillspreadfarandwideifthereisafairy;"韜光養(yǎng)晦hideone\\\'scapacitiesandbideone\\\'stime糖衣炮彈sugar-coatedbullets天有不測風云AnythinguneXPectedmayhappen.aboltfromtheblue團結就是力量Unityisstrength.“跳進黃河洗不清”"eveifonejumpedintotheYellowRiver,onecannotwashoneselfclean--there\\\'snothingonecandotoclearone\\\'sname"歪風邪氣unhealthypracticesandevilphenomena物以類聚，人以群分Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.往事如風"Thepasthasvanished(frommemory)likewind.;Whatinpast,ispast."望子成龍holdhighhopesforone\\\'schild屋漏又逢連陰雨Misfortunesnevercomesingly.Whenitrainsitpours.文韜武略militaryeXPertise;militarystrategy唯利是圖drawwatertoone\\\'smill愛屋及烏Loveme,lovemydog.百聞不如一見Seeingisbelieving.比上不足，比下有余"worseoffthansome,betteroffthanmany;tofallshortofthebest,butbebetterthantheworst笨鳥先飛Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.不眠之夜whitenight不以物喜，不以己悲notpleasedbyexternalgains,notsaddenedbypersonnallosses不遺余力sparenoeffort;goallout;doone\\\'sbest不打不成交"Nodiscord,noconcord.拆東墻補西墻robPetertopayPaul辭舊迎新bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew;ringouttheoldyearandringinthenew大事化小，小事化了tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall大開眼界openone\\\'seyes;broadenone\\\'shorizon;beaneye-opener國泰民安Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace過猶不及goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough;beyondisaswrongasfallingshort;toomuchisasbadastoolittle功夫不負有心人Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.好了傷疤忘了疼onceonshore,onepraysnomore好事不出門，惡事傳千里Goodnewsnevergoesbeyondthegate,whilebadnewsspreadfarandwide.和氣生財Harmonybringswealth活到老，學到老Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.既往不咎letbygonesbebygones金無足赤,人無完人Goldcan\\\'tbepureandmancan\\\'tbeperfect.金玉滿堂Treasuresfillthehome腳踏實地bedown-to-earth腳踩兩只船sitonthefence君子之交淡如水thefriendshipbetweengentlemenisaspureascrystal;ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen老生常談，陳詞濫調cutanddried,cliché禮尚往來Courtesycallsforreciprocity.留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒"Wherethereislife,thereishope."馬到成功achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess名利雙收gaininbothfameandwealth茅塞頓開besuddenlyenlightened沒有規(guī)矩不成方圓Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.每逢佳節(jié)倍思親Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone\\\'sdearonesfaraway.Itisonthefestivaloccasionswhenonemisseshisdearmost.謀事在人，成事在天"Theplanninglieswithman,theoutcomewithHeaven./Manproposes,Goddisposes."弄巧成拙betoosmartbyhalf;Cunningoutwitsitself.拿手好戲masterpiece賠了夫人又折兵throwgoodmoneyafterbad拋磚引玉amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions;throwasprattoc