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中国成语谚语中英翻译集

不打不成交 ""No discord, no concord.

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; ""

不伦不类；非驴非马 "neither fish nor fowl; neither fish nor flesh; neither fish

今日事今日毕 "never put off till tomorrow what you can do today (亦写成 ""never put off till tomorrow what may/can be done today""，但较少人使用)"

不入虎穴，焉得虎子 "nothing venture

指名道姓(说出做坏事者或违法者的姓名) name names

人在屋檐下不得不低头；情势所逼，不得不然 Needs must when the devil drives

切莫以貌取人。 Never judge by appearances.

活到老，学到老。 Never too late (or old) to learn.

此地无银三百两 never try to prove what nobody doubts.

十之八九 nine times out of ten

防患未然 (在萌芽时就将其消灭，或一开始时就加以制止) nip (something) in the bud

不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。 No cross, no crown.

拳不离手，曲不离口 no day without a line.

无风不起浪。 No fire without smoke.

塞翁失马 no great loss without some small gain.

师傅领进门，修行在个人 no man is his craft’s master the first day.

福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。 No weal without woe.

不劳无获。 No work, no money.

不以为然 not approve object to

一文不名；一贫如洗 not have (or without) a penny to one's name; not have two halfpennies to rub together; (as) poor as a church mouse; not have a bean; not have (or without) a red cent

手足无措 (或窘得不知如何是好) not know where to put oneself/one's face

不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

淡泊明志 not seek fame and wealth

神色自若；泰然自若；不动声色 not turn a hair