四字成语

四字成语、谚语： 四字成语、谚语： Ability falling short of one’s wishes 力不从心 Accomplish nothing 一事无成 Action speak louder than words .说得好不如做得好、行动胜于空谈、事实胜于雄辩 Not to advance is to go back 不进则退 Make rapid advances in one’s career 飞黄腾达 Advance wave upon wave 前赴后继 There is profit in mistakes 从错误中获益 Good advice sounds unpleasant 忠言逆耳 Good advice is beyond price 忠告是无价之宝 What one does agrees with what he says 言行一致 The question hung in the air .那个问题悬而未决 All in 筋疲力尽 Live alone with no relatives or friends 孤身一人，无亲无故 In the final analysis 归根结底（*可在写作文使用到总结句） Ancient and modern/ Chinese and foreign 古今中外 Change the appearance 改头换面 The apple of one’s eye 掌上明珠 Appreciate something more than one can say 某人感激之情难以言表 shoot an arrow without a target 无的放矢 cheap articles are usually poor in quality 便宜没好货 Walking dictionary 一本活词典 He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning .耻于问者耻于学 Walk on tiptoe 蹑手蹑脚 Attempt nothing and accomplish nothing 无所作为 Without attracting public attention 默默无闻地 Be attractive / appealing 引人入胜 The Mid-Autumn 中秋节 Back and forth 来来回回 Go from bad to worse 越来越坏，每况愈下 Not to throw the troops into battle 按兵不动 Fight a hundred battles, win a hundred victories 百战百胜 Love something so much that somebody doesn’t want to put it away 爱不释手 Beauty is truth , truth is beauty .美即是美，真即是美 Beauty lies in lover’s eyes .情人眼里出西施 As you have made your bed , so you must lie on it .作茧自缚，自作自受 Beggars cannot be choosers 饥不择食 At the beginning of one’s career 初出茅庐 A good beginning is half done / well begun is half done .良好的开端是成功的一半 A good beginning makes a good ending. 欲善其终，必先善其始 All beginnings are hard. 万事开头难 The best of one’s power 不遗余力 As best one can =try one’s best 竭尽全力 Better early than late .宁早勿迟 Better late than never 迟做总比不做好 Better to do well than to say well .说得好听不如干得出色 It is better to give than to take .给于胜过索取 Something is better than nothing 聊胜于无 Two heads are better than one .三个臭皮匠定格诸葛亮/两人智慧胜一人 Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分 Early bird catches the worm./It is the early bird that catches the worm.早起的鸟儿早得食/再起的鸟儿有虫吃/近水楼台先得月/捷足先登 He who kills two birds with one stone is twice rewarded. / Kill two birds with one stone一举两得/一箭双雕 Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 Feel blue 没精打采 In the same storm-tossed boat 风雨同舟 Burn the boat 破釜沉舟 A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.好如好友，永远不相负。 Book and friends should be few but good. 书籍和朋友都要少而精。 Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it. 不要杞人忧天 Build up from nothing 白手起家 A high building ,a low foundation.万丈高楼平地起。 Burn down to the ground 烧成烟烬 Get down to business 言归正传（*作文引出例子之后拉回主题 点金之笔） By tows and threes 三三两两 Carry something through to the end 有始有终 Carry forward 发扬光大 Make a cart behind closed doors 闭门造车 Buy cheap and sell dear 贱买贵卖 A burnt child dreads the fires. / once bitten ,twice shy 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 Every cloud has a silver lining. /Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise. 因祸得福/塞翁失马，焉知非福 Every coin has two sides.事物都是一分为二的。（*辩证的引出自己的论点） Not to change color 面不改色 Easy come ,easy go 来的容易去的快 Not to know what course to take 无所适从 Dance for joy 手舞足蹈 The darkest hour is nearest the dawn 黎明之前做黑暗（接近成功是做艰苦） Broad daylight 光天化日 Totally different 大相径庭，迥然不同（很好的副词 作文的加分点） Diligence can make up for the lake of intelligence /Diligence is the mother of good lack 勤能补拙 Diligence leads to success 业精于勤 Run in the opposite direction 背道而驰 Make a clear distinction between right and wrong 明辨是非 Feel/be dizzy 头晕目眩 Do as Romans do入乡随俗（*用在作文中 下同） Do as sb. Can 尽力而为 What is done can’t be undone. 生米已成熟饭 Live a dog’s life 过着牛马生活 Wake a sleeping dog 打草惊蛇 Every dog has his day 凡人皆有得意之日 Let sleeping dogs lie 莫惹是非 When one door shuts , another opens 上帝在此处关门，比在他处开窗。 Each does what he thinks is right.各行其是 Each has something to recommend him 各有千秋 Turn a deaf ear to sth. 充耳不闻 Easy to do 轻而易举 Have an immediate effect 立竿见影（*） Try every means possible to help sb. 鼎力相助 Spare no efforts (to do sth.) 不遗余力 There is no end to learning 学海无涯 Beyond endurance 忍无可忍地（*很好的作文副词） Escape by the skin of one’s teeth 死里逃生 have a narrow escape 九死一生 Everyone thinks in his way 仁者见仁，智者见智 University/college entrance examination 高考（☆高中翻译中最常见的翻译短语） A good example is the best sermon 言教不如身教 Example is better than precept 身教重于言教 Experience is the father of wisdom 经验是知识之父 Experienced and knowledgeable 见多识广 Be exposed to all weathers 日晒雨淋 Make eyes at each other 眉来眼去 Look with fixed eyes 目不转睛 Not to close one’s eyes when one dies 死不瞑目 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 Be red in the face 面红耳赤 Show one’s face in public 抛头露面 Facts speak louder than words 事实胜于雄辩（*） A failure in duty (sth.) 玩忽职守 Failure is the mother of success 失败是成功之母 Faith will move mountains 真诚所至，金石为开 Hear the end of it 一失足成千古恨 Too far away to reach 鞭长莫及 You may go farther and far worse 走得更远可能情形更糟/劝人知足长乐 Fire and water may be good servants, but bad masters 水火是忠仆，用之不慎成灾主 Fire proves gold ,adversity proves men 烈火炼真金，苦难磨练人 He who plays with fire gets burned. /Those who play with fire will surely get burnt 玩火者必自焚 Little sparks light great fires 星星之火，可以燎原/ 小灾可以酿成大祸 Come first on the list 首屈一指 First come ,first served 先到先得 Fish for a needle in the ocean 大海捞针 Fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼 Fishing by drying up the pond, hunting by burning the forest 固泽而渔，梵林而猎 Feel just like in water 如鱼得水 A fox may grow gray, but never good 江山易改，本性难移 It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 A friend in need is a friend indeed患难之交才是真朋友/患难见真情 A friend to all is a friend to none 滥交者无友 Come out in front 名列前茅 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence 天才来自勤奋 Go all out to make the country strong 奋发图强 All that glitters is not gold/ All is not gold that glitters 闪闪发光物，未必是黄金 True gold fears not the fire 真金不怕火炼 Habit is second nature 习惯成自然 Six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两 Never do things by halves 凡事不可半途而废（*） Give up halfway 半途而废 It is hard to please all 众口难调 Harm set, harm get 害人反害己 He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall in not a true man 不到长城非好汉 Be worth hearing a hundred times 百听不厌 Heart an soul / wholeheartedly 全心全意 Have one’s heart in one’s mouth 提心吊胆 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart / Nothing is too difficult to do to a willing heart（*） 世上无难事只怕有心人 。有志者事竟成 Shake heaven and earth 惊天动地 Heaven and earth turning upside down 天翻地覆 Hesitate about what move to make 举棋不定 East or west , home is best 金窝银窝，不如自家草窝 Hope for the best and prepare for the worst 包最好的希望，做最坏的打算 Hope is a wake dream 希望是醒着的梦 An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening 一日之计在于晨 Be on thin ice 如覆薄冰（*） First impressions are strongest 先入为主 Inside and outside 里里外外 Strike the iron while it is hot 趁热打铁/趁机行事（*） A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step/ A thousand li begins with a single step 千里之行始于足下 Never judge a book by its cover/ Never judge a person by his appearance/Judge not according to appearance 不要以貌取人/人不可貌相 All kinds of strange things 千奇百怪 Two of a kind 难兄难弟