中英成語學習~中文筆畫10~12開頭
病從口入禍從口出 Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.
笑裏藏刀 a smile to hide one's hate
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Where there's life there's hope
海底撈月 to fish in the air
海底撈針 to look for a needle in a bundle of hay
差之毫釐失之千里 A miss is as good as a mile
既往不咎 Let the dead bury their dead.
殺身成仁 to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete
殺雞焉用牛刀 Take not a musket to kill a butterfly
飢不擇食 A good appetite is a good sauce.
害群之馬 black sheep
家醜不可外揚 Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
恩威並濟 alternate weakness with severity
旁觀者清 The outside sees the best of the game.
時運不濟 to have a bad time
殊途同歸 All roads lead to Rome .
眾志成城/團結就是力量 Union is strenth.
疾風知勁草 Adversity reveals genius.
旁觀者清，當局者迷 Lookers-on see most of the game.
莫在太歲頭上動土 Let sleeping dogs lie.
得意忘形 to leap out of one's skin
捷足先登 The early bird catches the worm.
欲速則不達 Haste makes waste
欲速則不達 More haste, less speed.
混水摸魚 to fish in troubled waters
貪小失大 penny-wise and poundfoolish
習慣成自然 once a use forever a custom
掛羊頭賣狗肉 cry up wine and sell vinegar
貧無立錐之地 as poor as a church mouse
雪中送炭真君子/患難見真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
異想天開 to give loose to one's fancy
集思廣義 Two heads are better than one.
得過且過 to live from hand to mouth
情人眼裏出西施 Love is blind.
冤家宜解不宜結 Better remove enmity than contract it.
眼不見為淨 Out of sight, out of mind.
勝不驕敗不餒 to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure
富貴在天 Riches and honors come from heaven.
智者不惑 A wise man is free from perplexities.
無風不起浪 There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.)
畫蛇添足 to paint the lily
趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters
量入為出 to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet
陽奉陰違 ostensible obedience
跑了和尚跑不了廟 The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.
萬物之靈 the lords of creation
萬事開頭難 Everything is difficult at the start
萬無一失 not a single miss in a thousand times.
落井下石 to hit a person when he's down
隔牆有耳 Pitchers have ears; walls have ears.
開夜車 Burn the midnight oil.
