| 释义 |
Examples:"The wine´s gone bad and it cannot be sold"—lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree—Lee Kai-Fu (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, from 2005 Vice president of Google and president of Google China—lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree to shade you—lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); effect a miracle cure (of medical operation)—habit becomes nature (idiom); get used something and it seems inevitable—hold sth back (and prevent it being known)—daring act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it—Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it—touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem—lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it—a carrying pole and the loads on it—the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner—If you can't do anything prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.—transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it—stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); very easy—know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules—grasp it and victory is assured—recognize talent and have great respect for it—Take it easy and keep your nose clean.—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—face an attack and meet it—touch on sth and leave it there—stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); easy do—lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom); fig. gullible—have one's cake and eat it too—vague and with nothing in it—make a copy (and send it to someone)—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—(go ahead and do it) without hesitating—where sth comes from and where it goes—chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth—make your bed and lie on it—resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it—it is easier change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character [idiom.]—grasp sth. in the hand and beat it—lit. have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly [idiom.]—understand sth. well and know how to use it—choose what is good and hold fast to it [idiom.]— |