求一些日常的英语成语。

abadapple,金玉其外，败絮其中

agaydog,欢喜坨（我们那的方言）

ahardnut,硬骨头

ahen-peckedhusband,妻管严

fatcat,朱门大户

bosomfriends,心腹之交

conartist,，

fatchance,绝佳机会

astorminateacup,大惊小怪

thelaststraw,救命稻草

underage,

ratrace,你死我活的竞争

keepsomebodyatarm’slength,形影不离

beonone’sback,卧病在床

makesomebody’sbloodboil,热血沸腾

saddog,苦瓜脸

workaddict,工作狂

giveittosomebodystraight,

haveheadlikeasieve,健忘者

inone’sheartofhearts,在内心深处

coolone’sheels,空等

haveabignose,

haveasweettooth,爱吃甜食

twistone’sarm,

rudeawakening,幻灭

Dieinone’sboots,暴卒

Keepone’sshirton,忍辱负重

Iamsoflattered.

itslippedmymind.使我一时想不起

butterfliesinmystomach,战抖

Itgivesmethecreeps.

Shoutsomethingfromtherooftops,登高而呼

Burnaholeinone’spocket.,

Beallears,洗耳恭听

Footthebill,负担费用

Letone’shairdown；

Pullone’sleg,拖后腿

Abread-and-butterletter,

StraightA高材生,

Dryrun,排练

Pennypincher,铁公鸡

Oldmoney,

apainintheneck,讨厌鬼

keepone’sfingercrossed,乞求好运

inhotwater,

outoftheblue,猝不及防

atsixesandsevens，乱七八糟

爱屋及乌Loveme,lovemydog.

百闻不如一见Seeingisbelieving.

比上不足比下有余worseoffthansome,betteroffthanmany;tofallshortofthebest,butbebetterthantheworst

笨鸟先飞Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

不眠之夜whitenight

不以物喜不以己悲notpleasedbyexternalgains,notsaddenedbypersonnallosses

不遗余力sparenoeffort;goallout;doone'sbest

不打不成交Nodiscord,noconcord.

拆东墙补西墙robPetertopayPaul

辞旧迎新bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew;ringouttheoldyearandringinthenew

大事化小小事化了tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall

大开眼界openone'seyes;broadenone'shorizon;beaneye-opener

国泰民安Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace

过犹不及goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough;beyondisaswrongasfallingshort;toomuchisasbadastoolittle

功夫不负有心人Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.

好了伤疤忘了疼onceonshore,onepraysnomore

好事不出门恶事传千里Goodnewsnevergoesbeyondthegate,whilebadnewsspreadfarandwide.

和气生财Harmonybringswealth

活到老学到老Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.

既往不咎letbygonesbebygones

金无足赤,人无完人Goldcan'tbepureandmancan'tbeperfect.

金玉满堂Treasuresfillthehome

脚踏实地bedown-to-earth

脚踩两只船sitonthefence

君子之交淡如水thefriendshipbetweengentlemenisaspureascrystal;ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen

老生常谈陈词滥调cutanddried,cliché

礼尚往来Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

留得青山在不怕没柴烧Wherethereislife,thereishope.

马到成功achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess

名利双收gaininbothfameandwealth

茅塞顿开besuddenlyenlightened

没有规矩不成方圆Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearonesfaraway.

Itisonthefestivaloccasionswhenonemisseshisdearmost.

谋事在人成事在天Theplanninglieswithman,theoutcomewithHeaven./Manproposes,Goddisposes.

弄巧成拙betoosmartbyhalf;Cunningoutwitsitself.

拿手好戏masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵throwgoodmoneyafterbad

抛砖引玉amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions;throwasprattocatchawhale

破釜沉舟cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone‘sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend

抢得先机takethepreemptiveopportunities

巧妇难为无米之炊Ifyouhavenohandyoucan'tmakeafist./Onecan'tmakebrickswithoutstraw.

千里之行始于足下athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighesteminenceistobegainedstepbystep

前事不忘,后事之师Pastexperience,ifnotforgotten,isaguideforthefuture.

前人栽树,后人乘凉Onegenerationplantsthetreesinwhoseshadeanothergenerationrests.

Onesowsandanotherreaps.

前怕狼,后怕虎fearthewolfinfrontandthetigerbehind/hesitateindoingsomething

强龙难压地头蛇Evenadragon(fromtheoutside)findsithardtocontrolasnakeinitsoldhaunt-Powerfuloutsiderscanhardlyaffordtoneglectlocalbullies.

强强联手win-winco-operation

瑞雪兆丰年Atimelysnowpromisesagoodharvest.

人之初,性本善Man'snatureatbirthisgood.

人逢喜事精神爽Joyputsheartintoaman.

人海战术huge-crowdstrategy

世上无难事只要肯攀登Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.

世外桃源afictitiouslandofpeaceawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld;

死而后已untilmyheartstopsbeating

岁岁平安Peaceallyearround

上有天堂下有苏杭Justasthereisparadiseinheaven,therareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth.

塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortunemaybeanactualblessing.

三十而立Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty.

Atthirty,amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimself.

升级换代updatingandupgrading(ofproducts)

四十不惑Lifebeginsatforty.

谁言寸草心报得三春晖Suchkindnessofwarmsun,can'tberepaidbygrass.

水涨船高Whentheriverrises,theboatfloatshigh.

时不我待Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

杀鸡用牛刀breakabutterflyonthewheel

实事求是seektruthfromfacts;bepracticalandrealistic;betruetofacts

说曹操,曹操到Talkofthedevilandhecomes.

实话实说speaktheplaintruth;callaspadeaspade;tellitasitis

实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practiceisthesolecriterionfortestingtruth.

山不在高有仙则名Nomatterhowhighthemountainis,itsnamewillspreadfarandwideifthereisafairy;

韬光养晦hideone'scapacitiesandbideone'stime

糖衣炮弹sugar-coatedbullets

天有不测风云Anythingunexpectedmayhappen.aboltfromtheblue

团结就是力量Unityisstrength.

“跳进黄河洗不清”eveifonejumpedintotheYellowRiver,onecannotwashoneselfclean--there'snothingonecandotoclearone'sname

歪风邪气unhealthypracticesandevilphenomena

物以类聚人以群分Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.

往事如风Thepasthasvanished(frommemory)likewind.;Whatinpast,ispast.

望子成龙holdhighhopesforone'schild

屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunesnevercomesingly.Whenitrainsitpours.

文韬武略militaryexpertise;militarystrategy

唯利是图drawwatertoone'smill

无源之水,无本之木waterwithoutasource,andatreewiithoutroots

无中生有make/createsomethingoutofnothing

无风不起浪Therearenowaveswithoutwind.There'snosmokewithoutfire.

徇私枉法bendthelawforthebenefitofrelativesorfriends

新官上任三把火anewbroomsweepsclean

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modestyhelpsonegoforward,whereasconceitmakesonelagbehind.

蓄势而发accumulatestrengthforatake-off

心想事成Mayallyourwishcometrue

心照不宣haveatacitunderstanding;givetacitconsent;tacitunderstanding

先入为主Firstimpressionsarefirmlyentrenched.

先下手为强catchtheballbeforethebound

像热锅上的蚂蚁likeanantonahotpan

现身说法warnpeoplebytakingoneselfasanexample

息事宁人pouroilontroubledwaters

喜忧参半mingledhopeandfear

循序渐进stepbystep

一路平安一路顺风speedsomebodyontheirway;speedthepartingguest

严以律己,宽以待人bestrictwithoneselfandlenienttowardsothers

鱼米之乡alandofmilkandhoney

有情人终成眷属JackshallhaveJill,allshallbewell.

有钱能使鬼推磨Moneymakesthemarego.Moneytalks.

有识之士peopleofvision

有勇无谋usebrawnratherthanbrain

有缘千里来相会Separatedaswearethousandsofmilesapart,wecometogetherasifbypredestination.

与时俱进advancewithtimes

以人为本peopleoriented;peopleforemost

因材施教teachstudentsaccordingtotheiraptitude

欲穷千里目更上一层楼toascendanotherstoreytoseeathousandmilesfurther;Ascendfurther,wereyoutolookfarther;Wouldeyeembraceathousandmiles?Goup,oneflight.

欲速则不达Hastedoesnotbringsuccess.

优胜劣汰survivalofthefittest

英雄所见略同Greatmindsthinkalike.

冤家宜解不宜结Bettermakefriendsthanmakeenemies.

冤假错案casesinwhichpeoplewereunjustly,falselyorwronglychargedorsentenced;unjust,falseorwrongcases

一言既出驷马难追Arealmannevergoesbackonhiswords.

招财进宝Moneyandtreasureswillbeplentiful

债台高筑becomedebt-ridden

致命要害Achilles'heel

众矢之的targetofpubliccriticism

知己知彼,百战不殆Knowtheenemyandknowyourself,andyoucanfightahundredbattleswithnodangerofdefeat.

纸上谈兵beanarmchairstrategist

纸包不住火Truthwillcometolightsoonerorlater.

左右为难betweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea;betweentherockandthehardplace