中国谚语俚语英译

宾至如归。When the visitor arrives, it is as if returning home.公事公办。Business is business.文如其人。The style is the man. 浑水摸鱼。Fish in troubled waters.事实胜于雄辩。Facts speak louder than words. 失败乃成功之母。Failure is the mother of success. 有其父必有其子。Like father,like son. 英雄所见略同。Great minds think alike. 祸不单行。Misfortunes never come along. 隔篱有眼，隔墙有耳。Hedges have eyes,walls have ears.谋事在人，成事在天。Man proposes,God disposes. 祸从口出/言多必失。The tongue cuts the throat. 眼不见为净。Out of sight,out of mind. 无官一身轻。Out of business,out of danger. 前事不忘后事之师。The tememberance of the past is the teacher of the future. 班门弄斧。Teach fish to swim. 杀鸡儆猴。Beat the dog before the lion. 胸有成竹。Have a card up one's sleeve. 本末倒置。Put the cart before the horse. 强中更有强中手。Diamond cut diamond. 拿了手短，吃了最短。Gifts blind the eyes. 无风不起浪。There is no fire without smoke. 新官上任三把火。A new broom sweeps clean. 不要恩将仇报。Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 天涯何处无芳草。There are plenty of fish in the sea. 一箭双雕。Kill two birds with one stone. 说曹操曹操就到。Speak of the devil. 或 To mention the wolf is to see the same.水能载舟亦能覆舟。The same knife cuts bread and fingers. 身正不怕影子斜。A straight foot is not afreid of a crooked shoe. 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉。A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 大器晚成。Late fruit keeps well. 事与愿违。All you swans are geese. 生命在于运动。Rest breeds rust. 因小失大。Penny wise and pound foolish. 五十步笑百步。The pot calls the kettle black. 天网恢恢疏而不漏。Justice has long arms. 心急吃不了热豆腐。A watched pot never spoils. 小巫见大巫。The moon is not seen when the sun shines. 君子交淡如水。A hedge between keeps the friendship green. 醉翁之意不在酒。Many kiss the baby for the nurse's sake. 三个和尚没水吃。Everybody's business is nobody's business. 请勿盲目乐观。Don't count the chicken before they are hatched. 祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏。Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise. 失之东隅收之桑榆。What we lose in hake we shall have in herring. 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他人瓦上霜。Save your breath to cool you porridge. 留得青山在不愁没柴烧。The shepherd would rather lose the wool rather than the sheep. 一燕不成夏。One swallow does make a summer.人人都有得意之时 Every dog has his day .