英语中常用的100个中国成语
在英语学习中，我们大多数人写作时，都只能达到描述某件具体事情的水平，如何让文章比较有美感、有诗情画意？
这就需要引经据典，引用一些成语作为修辞文章之用。下面是52Talking小编整理的一些典型的英语成语或谚语。
1.爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
3.比上不足比下有余worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the
best, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal
losses
7.不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
8.不打不成交No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and
ring in the new
11.大事化小小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to
reduce it to nothing at all
12.大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
13.国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as
falling short; too much is as bad as too little
15.功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news
spread far and wide.
36.拿手好戏masterpiece
37.赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
38.抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable
contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one's own way of retreat and be
determined to fight to the end
40.抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make
bricks without straw.
42.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest
eminence is to be gained step by step
43.前事不忘后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
44.前人栽树后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another
generation rests. One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing
something
46.强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake
in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
47.强强联手win-win co-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
49.人之初性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
51.人海战术huge-crowd strategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登Where there is a will, there is a way.
53.世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而后已until my heart stops beating
55.岁岁平安Peace all year round.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and
Hangzhou on earth.
57.塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
58.三十而立A man should be independent at the age of thirty; At thirty, a man
should be able to think for himself.
59.升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
60.四十不惑Life begins at forty.
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass.
62.水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
66.说曹操，曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
69.山不在高，有仙则名No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far
and wide if there is a fairy.
70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen.
73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.
74.跳进黄河洗不清even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash
oneself clean; there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
76.物以类聚,人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
77.往事如风The past has vanished (from memory) like wind; What in past, is past.
78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill
82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
83.无中生有make create something out of nothing
84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit
makes one lag behind.
88.蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish come true.
90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
97.循序渐进step by step
98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
100.鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey; a land flowing with milk and honey
小编建议将以上一些常用的成语英语背诵下来，可以在写作中应用，也可在口语练习对话中学着使用，特别是在和
外教对话时
可以拿出来应用以下，看外教能否听得懂。
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