中文常用习语

明枪易躲，暗箭难防 It is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow shot from hiding.城门失火，殃及池鱼 A fire on city wall brings disaster to the fish in the moat.路遥知马力，日久见人心 As a long road tests a horse’s strength, so a long task proves a person’s heart.初生牛犊不怕虎 New-born calves make little of tigers.口蜜腹剑 to be honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted声东击西 to shout in the east and strike in the west刻骨铭心 to be engraved on one’s heart and bones引狼入室 to lead a wolf into the house（cf. to set the wolf to keep the sheep)打落水狗 to beat the dog in the water重见天日 to see the daylight again百川归海 All rivers flow into the sea.画饼充饥 to draw cakes to allay hunger所以这李纨虽青春丧偶，且处在膏梁锦绣之中，竟如“槁木死灰”一般，一概不问。（《红楼梦》）So this young widow living in the lap of luxury was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world.他一家子在这儿，他的房子、地在这儿，他跑跑得了和尚跑不了庙。（周立波：《暴风骤雨》）Escape But his home and property can’t escape. The monk may run away, but the temple can’t run with him.咳！这一来，竹篮子打水一场空了。（梁斌：《红旗谱》）Ah！We were drawing water in a bamboo basket.三个臭皮匠，胜过诸葛亮。 The wit of three cobblers combined surpasses that of Zhuge Liang the master mind. （增加词语，提供背景知识）班门弄斧 show off one’s proficiency with axe before Lu Ban, the master carpenter （增加词语，以表达原文内涵意义、提供背景知识）胸有成竹to have a bamboo in his stomachto have a well-thought-out plan before doing something桃李满天下to have the peaches and plums all over the worldto have students all over the world用典的习语往往不能保留比方形象叶公好龙professed love of what one really fears东施...