英语成语1000条

1. love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌

2. Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见

3. Worse off than some, better off the many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst. 比上不足，比下有余

4. A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞

5. White night. 不醒之夜

6. Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses. 不以物喜不以己悲

7. Spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best.不遗余力

8. No discord, no concord. 不打不成交

9. Rob peter to pay pawl. 拆东墙补西墙

10. Bid farewall to the old and usher inn the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new. 辞新迎旧

11. Try first to make their mistake sound less serious and the to reduce it to nothing at all. 大事化小，小事化了

12. Open one’s eyes; broaden one’s horizon; be an eye-opener. 大开眼界

13. The country flourishes and people live in peace. 国泰民安

14. 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. 过犹不及

15. Everything comes to him who waits. 功夫不负有心人

16. Once on shore, one prays no more. 好了伤疤忘了疼

17. Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad new a spread far and wide.好事不出门，坏事传千里

18. Harmony brings wealth. 和气生财

19. One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老

20. Let bygones be bygones. 既往不咎

21. Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect. 金无足赤，人无完人

22. Treasure fill the home. 金玉满堂

23. Be down to earth. 脚踏实地

24. Sit on the teuce. 脚踏两只船

25. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水

26. Cut and dried, cliche. 老生常谈，陈词滥调

27. Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 礼尚往来

28. “where there is life, there is hope” 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

29. Achieve immediate victory; win instant success. 马到成功

30. Gain in both tame and wealth. 名利双收

31. Be suddenly enlightened. 茅塞顿开

32. Nothing can accomplished without norms or standards. 没有规矩不成方圆

33. On festive occasions move than ever one thinks of one’s dear one’s far away. It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 每逢佳节倍思亲

34. The planning lies with man, the outcome with heaven/ Man proposes, Goddisposes. 谋事在人，成事在天

35. Be too smart by half; cunning outwits itself. 弄巧成拙

36. Masterpiece. 拿手好戏

37. Throw good money after bad. 赔了夫人又折兵

38. A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contribution; throw a sprat to catch a whale. 抛砖引玉

39. Cut off all means of retreat; burn one sown way of retreat and be determined to flight to the end. 破釜沉舟

40. Take the preemptive opportunities. 抢得先机

41. If you have no hand you can’t make a first/ one can’t make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊

42. A thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest eminence is to be gained step by step. 千里之行始于足下

43. Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 前事不忘，后事之师

44. One generation plants the tree in whose share another generation rest. 前人栽树，后人乘凉

45. Fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something.前怕狼，后怕虎

46. Even a dragon (from the outside) find it hard to control a snake in its old haunt-powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies. 强龙难压地头蛇

47. Win-win co-operation. 强强联手

48. A timely snow promises a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年

49. Man’s nature at birth is good. 人之初，性本善

50. Joy puts heart into a man. 人逢喜事精神爽

51. Huge-crowd strategy. 人海战术

52. Where there is a well, there is a way. 有志者事竟成

53. A fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world. 世外桃源

54. Until my heart stops beating.

55. Peace all your round. 岁岁平安

56. Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 塞翁失马焉知非福

57. A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 三十而立

58. Updating and upgrading. 升级换代

59. Life begins at forty. 四十不惑

60. Such kindness of warn sun, can’t be repaid by grass. 谁言寸草心，抱得三春晖

61. Where the river rises, the boat float high. 水涨船高

62. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不待我

63. Break a butterfly on the wheel. 杀鸡用牛刀

64. Seek truth from fasts; be practical and realistic; be trust to fasts. 实事求是

65. Talk of the devil and he comes. 说曹操，曹操就到

66. Speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is. 实话实说

67. Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 实践是检验真理的唯一标准

68. No matter how high the mountain is: its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.山不在高，有仙则名

69. Ride one’s capacities and bide one’s time. 韬光不晦

70. Sugar-coated bullets. 糖衣炮弹

71. Anything unexpected may happen, a bolt from the blue. 天有不测风云

72. Unity is strength. 团结就是力量

73. Even if one jumped into the yellow river, one can not wish oneself clean-there’s nothing one can do to clear one’s name. 跳进黄河也洗不清

74. Unhealthy practices and evil phenomena. 歪风邪气

75. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分

76. The past have vanished from memory, like wind, what in past, is past.往事如风

77. Misfortunes never come singly, when it runs it pours. 屋漏又逢连阴雨

78. Hold high hopes for one’s child. 望子成龙

79. Military expertise; military strategy. 文韬武略

80. Draw water to one’ mill. 唯利是图

81. Water without a source, and a tree without roots. 无源之水，无本之木

82. Make / create something our of nothing. 无中生有

83. There are no waves without wind. There ‘s no smoke without fires. 无风不起浪

84. Bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends. 徇私枉法

85. A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上位三把火

86. Modesty helps one go forward, where as conceit makes one lag behind. 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后

87. Accumulate strength for a take-off. 蓄势而发

88. May all your wish come true. 心想事成

89. Have a tacit understanding, give tacit consent; tacit understanding. 心照不宣

90. First impression are timely entrenched. 先入为主

91. Catch the ball before the bound. 先下手为强

92. Like an ant on a hot pan. 像热锅上的蚂蚁

93. Warm people by talking oneself as an example. 现身说法

94. Pour oil on troubled water. 息事宁人

95. Mingled hope and fear. 喜忧参半

96. Step by step.循序渐进

97. Speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest. 一路平安，一路顺风

98. The strict with oneself and lenient forwards, others. 严以律己，宽以待人

99. A land of milk and honey. 鱼米之乡

100. Jack shall have yin, all shall be well. 有情人终成眷属