英語成語俗語2

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腳踩兩只船

sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp

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君子之交淡如水

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

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老生常談，陳詞濫調(diào)

cut and dried; cliché

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禮尚往來

Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

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留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒

Where there is life, there is hope.

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馬到成功

achieve immediate victory; win instant success

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名利雙收

gain both fame and wealth

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茅塞頓開

be suddenly enlightened

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沒有規(guī)矩，不成方圓

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

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每逢佳節(jié)倍思親

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one s dear ones far away.

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謀事在人，成事在天

Man proposes; God disposes.

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弄巧成拙

make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart

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賠了夫人又折兵

suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish

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拋磚引玉

a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

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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