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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上趁火打劫plundering a burning house 声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing 顺手牵羊picking up something in passing混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparednes

2、s馋得流口水 make someones mouth water牵线搭桥 pull the strings钱能生钱 Money begets money白费力气 plough the airneither fish nor flesh 非驴非马paint the lily 画蛇添足no point 没理由mark time 原地踏步；停顿make a clean breast of.忏悔make somebodys blood boil 使极度愤怒Put on an act 装腔作势Make much ado about nothing无中生有Make good time 快速行进；有效利用运

3、行时间Mother hen 婆婆妈妈地担心他人遭遇意外的人Nasty piece of work 下流坯；讨厌的家伙New broom 刚上任的新官No account 没用的人Pull ones leg 开某人的玩笑Make a night of it 欢闹一夜Old wives tale 荒诞故事Move in on 夺走Play along （暂时）与某人合作Penny pincher 吝啬鬼；小气鬼Nurse a viper in ones bosom 姑息养奸Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。 Make your enemy your friend

4、.化敌为友。 Man is the soul of the universe.人是万物之灵。 Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。 Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。 Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 Measure for measure.针锋相对。 Misfortunes never come alone.祸不单行。

5、 Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难见真情。 Money isnt everything.钱不是万能的。 Murder will out.纸包不住火。 My son is my son till he has got him a wife, but my daughter is my daughter all the days of her life.儿子婚前是儿子，女儿终生是女儿。 Nature is the true law.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。 Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是

6、发明的动力。 Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。 Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。 Never say die.永不言败。 Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。 New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。 No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。 No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。 No living man all things can.世上没有万事通。 No

7、man can do two things at once.一心不可二用。 No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。 No man is content.人心不足蛇吞象。 No man is wise at all times.聪明一世，糊涂一时。 None are so blind as those who wont see.视而不见。 None are so deaf as those who wont hear.充耳不闻。 No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。 No one can call back yesterday.昨

8、日不会重现。 No pains, no gains.没有付出就没有收获。 No pleasure without pain.没有苦就没有乐。 No rose without a thorn.没有不带刺的玫瑰。 No sweet without sweat.先苦后甜。 No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 Nothing dries sooner than a tear.眼泪干得最快。 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mi

9、nd to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。 Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages.外出旅行，语言最要紧。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Not to advance is to go back.不进则退。 Not to know what happen

10、ed before one was born is always to be a child.不懂世故，幼稚可笑。 No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。 Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。 Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。 Old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。 Old sin makes new shame.一

11、失足成千古恨。 Once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。 Once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。 Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 One cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。 One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。 One fal

12、se move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。 One good turn deserves another.行善积德。 One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。 One mans fault is other mans lesson.前车之鉴。 One never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。 One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。 Ones words reflect ones thinking.言为心声。 Out of deb

13、t, out of danger.无债一身轻。 Out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。 Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。 Patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。 Penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。 Plain dealing is praised more than practiced.正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 Please the eye and plague the heart.贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 Pleasure comes through

14、 toil.苦尽甘来。 Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 Praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。 Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。 Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。 Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。 Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。 Prom

15、ise is debt.Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。 Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。 Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。Make haste slowly. 从容赶急。Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。Many heads are better t

16、han one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。 Make hay while the sun shines. 趁热打铁。 Make your enemy your friend. 要化敌为友。 Money doesnt grow on trees.钱财来之不易。Make yourself necessary to someone. 使你有益于人。 Man has not a greater enemy than himself. 人之大敌，自己而已。 Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。 Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。Man proposes, Go

17、d disposes. 谋事在天，成事在人。 Many a good cow hath a bad calf. 虎父生犬子。 Many a little (or pickle) makes a mickle. 积少成多。 Many heads are better than one. 集思广益。 Many kiss the baby for the nurses sake. 醉翁之意不在酒。 Measure for measure. 以牙还牙。 Men may meet but mountains never. 人生何处不相逢。 Nothing comes wrong to a hungry

18、man. 饥不择食 No cross, no crown. 不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。 No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。Nothing brave, nothing have.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。 Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.心之所愿，无所不成。Never t

19、oo late (or old) to learn. 活到老，学到老。 No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。Need makes the old wife trot. 人急造反，狗急跳墙。 Never too late to mend. 过则勿惮改。 New lords, new laws. 新官新法。 No cross, no crown. 无苦即无乐。 Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。No great loss without some small gain. 塞翁失马，安知非福。 No

20、 man (or one) is wise at all times. 聪明一世糊涂一时。 One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun. 一叶障目，不见泰山。 One swallow does not make a summer. 一花独放不是春。 Once a devil, always a devil. 一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。 Once a knave, ever a knave. 一朝失足，铸成千古恨。 Out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。One barking dog sets all street a-bar

21、king. 一狗吠声响，狗吠满街坊。Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One beats the bush, and another catches the birds. 坐享其成。 One cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. 朽木不可雕。 One cannot make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊。 One cannot put back the clock. 光阴一去不复返。 Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。One cloud is e

22、nough to eclipse all the sun. 一叶可障目。 One false move may lose the game. 一著不慎，满盘皆输。 One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬以千里。 One good turn deserves another. 以德报德。 One may sooner fall than rise. 跌倒容易爬起难。 One misfortune comes on the neck of another. 祸不单行。 One must draw the line somewhere.

23、 人之所为，总有限度。 One should eat to live, not live to eat. 人为生而食，非为食而生。 Ones mantle falls on somebody. 春风化雨。 One woe doth tread upon anothers heels. 祸不单行。 One wrong (or false) move can lose the whole game. 棋错一著，全盘皆输。 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 机不可失，失不再来。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three

24、boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。 Out of debt, out of danger. 无债一身轻。 Overdone is worse than undone. 过犹不及。Paddle your own canoe. 自立更生，自食其力。 Pain is forgotten where gain follows. 好了伤疤忘了痛。 Pay somebody back in his own coin. 一报还一报。 Penny and penny laid up will be many. 积少成多。 Penny wise and pound fool

25、ish. 小事聪明，大事糊涂。 Pitchers/Walls have ears. 隔墙有耳。 Pleasure has a sting in its tail. 乐中必有苦。 Poor mens words have little weight. 人微言轻。 Practice is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。 Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 Practice what you preach. 言必行。 Praise is not pudding. 恭维不是布丁。 Praise no man till he is dead. 盖棺论定。

26、 Prepare for a rain day. 未雨绸缪。 Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。 Pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。 Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 骄兵必败。 Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 骄傲一开始，耻辱接踵至。 Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪费时间。 Promise little but do much. 少许愿，多做事。 Prosperity

27、discovers vices and adversity virtues. 顺境显邪恶，逆境见善性。 Purpose supposes foresight. 深谋远虑。 Put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管闲事。 Put (or Lay or Set) ones shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。 Pennywise,poundfoolish.小事聰明，大事糊塗。Promise is debt.一诺千金。Put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。Practiceisbetterthanprecept.身教重于言教。专心-专注-专业