常用谚语100句1.爱屋及乌love me,love my dog.2.百闻不如一见seeing is believing.3.比上不足，比下有余worse off than some,better off than many.4.笨鸟先飞a slow sparrow(麻雀) should make an early start.5.不眠之夜white night.6.不以物喜，不以物悲not pleased by external（外部的） gains,not saddened bypersonal losses7.不遗余力spare no effert/go all out/do one’s best.8.不打不成交no discord（不和）,no concord（和谐）.9.拆东墙补西墙rob peter to pay paul10.辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher（引导，开创） in the new/ring outthe old year and ring in the new.11.大事化了，小事化无try first to make their mistake sound less serious,and thento reduce it to nothing at all.12.大开眼界open one’s eyes/broaden one’s horizon/be an eye-opener.13.国泰民安the country flourishes（昌盛） and people live in peace.14.过犹不及going to far is as bad as not going far enough/to much is as bad asto little15.功夫不负有心人everything comes to him who waits.16.好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore,one prays no more.17.好事不出门，恶事传千里good news never goes beyond the gate,while bad news spreadfar and wide.18.和气生财harmony brings wealth.19.活到老学到老one is never too old to learn.20.既往不咎let bygones be bygones.21.金无赤足，人无完人gold can’t be pure,and man can’t be perfect.22.金玉满堂treasures fill the home.23.脚踏实地be down-to-earth.24.脚踩两只船sit on the fense.25.君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentleman is as pure as crystal/a hedgebetween keeps friendship green.26.老生常谈（成词滥调）cut and dried,cliche27.礼尚往来courtesy calls for reciprocity.28.留得青山在不愁没柴烧where is a life,there is a hope.29.马到成功achieve immediate victory/win istant success.30.名利双收gain in both,fance and health.31.茅塞顿开be suddenly enlighted.32.没有规矩不成方圆nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.33.每逢佳节倍思亲on festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dearones far away./it is on the festival occasions when misses his dear most. 34.谋事在人，成事在天the planning lies with man,the outcome with heaven./manproposes,god disposes.35.弄巧成拙be too smart than half./gunning outwits itself.36.拿手好戏masterpiece.37.赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad.38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come farward with valuablecontributions./throw a sprat to catch a whale.39.破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat./burn one’s own way of retreat and bedetermined to fight to the end.40.抢得先机take the preemptive oppurtunities41.巧妇难为无米之炊if you have no hand you can’t make a first./one can’t makebricks without straw.42.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step./the highesteminence is to be gained step by step.43.前事不忘后事之师past experience,if not foggotten ,is a guide for the future.44.前人栽树，后人乘凉one sows and another reaps./one generation plants,the treesin whose shade another generation rests.45.前怕狼，后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind./hesitate in doingsomething.46.强龙难压地头蛇even a dragon(from the outside)find it hard to control a snakein its old haunt./powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.47.强强联合win-win co-operation.48.瑞雪兆丰年a timely snow promises a good harvest.49.人之初性本善man’s nature at birth is good.50.人逢喜事精神爽joy puts heart into man.51.人海战术huge-crowd strategy.52.世上无难事，只要肯攀登where is a will,there is a way.53.世外桃源a ficitious of peace away from the turmoil of the world.54.死而后已until my heart stops beating.55.岁岁平安peace all your round.56.上有天堂下有苏杭just as there is paradise in heaven,there are Suzhou andHangzhou on earth.57.塞翁失马焉知非福misfortune may be an actual blessing.58.三十而立a man should be independent at the age of thirty./at thirty a man shouldbe able to think for himself.59.升级换代updating and upgrading(of products)60.四十不惑life begins at forty.61.谁言寸草心，报得三春晖such kindness of warm sun,can’t repid by grass.62.水涨船高when the river rises,the boat floats high.63.时不我待time and tide wait for no man.64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel.65.实事求是seek truth from facts./be practical and realistic./be true to facts.66.说曹操曹操到talk of the devil and he comes.67.实话实说speak the truth./call a spade a spade./tell it as it is.68.时间是检验真理的唯一标准practise is the sole criterion for testing truth.69.山不在高，有仙则名no matter how high the mountain is,its will spread far andwide if there is a fairy.70.韬光养晦hide one’s capacities and hide one’s time.71.糖衣炮弹suger-coated bullets.72.天有不测风云anything unexpected may happen./a bolt from the blue.73.团结就是力量unity is strength.74.跳进黄河洗不清even if the one jump into the yellow-river one can not washoneself clean./there is nothing to do to clear one’s name.75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evit phenomena.76.物以类聚人以群分birds of a feather flock together.77.往事随风the past have vanished from memory like wind./what is past is past.78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one’s child.79.屋漏又逢连天雨misfortune never comes singly./when it rains,it pours.80.文韬武略millitary expertise./military strategy.81.唯利是图draw water to one’s mill.82.无水之源，无本之术water without a source and a tree without roats.83.无中生有make create something out of nothing.84.无风不起浪there no waves without wind./there is no smoke without fire.85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends.86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean.87.虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后modesty helps one go farward,whereas conceit makesone lag behind.88.蓄势待发accumulate strength for a take-off.89.心想事成may all your wish come truth.90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding./give a tacit consent./tacit understanding.91.先入为主first impressions are firmly entrenched.92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound.93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like a ant on a hot pan.94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example.95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters.96.喜忧就半mingled hope and far.97.循序渐进step by step.98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way./speed the parting guest.99.严于律己，宽于待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others.100.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea./between the rock and hard place.101.纸包不住火truth will come to light sooner or later.102.纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist.103.知己知彼百战不殆known the enemy and known yourself and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.104.众矢之的target of public criticism.105.致命要害achilles’ heel.106.债台高筑become debt-ridden107.财财进宝money and treasures will be plentiful.108.一言既出驷马难追a real man never goes back on his words.109.冤假错案cases in which people were unjustly,falsely or wrongly charged orsentenced./unjust false or wrong cases.110.冤家宜解不宜结better make friends than make enemies.111.英雄所见略同great minds think alike.112.优胜劣汰survived of the fittest.113.欲速则不达haste does not bring success.114.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles farther./ would eye embrace a thousand miles?go up one fight.115.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude.116.以人为本peoole orient./people foremost.117.与时俱进advance with times.118.有缘千里来相会separated as we are thousands of miles apart,we come together as if by predestination.119.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain.120.有识之士people of vision.121.有钱能使鬼推磨money makes the mare go./money talks.122.有情人终成眷属jack shall have jill,all shall be will.123.鱼米之乡a land of milk and money.。