English vs Chinese Expressions

Chinese vs English Expressions I

 

A blessing in disguise	塞翁失馬，焉知非福
A hedge between, keep friendship green	君子之交淡如水
A promise is a promise	一言既出，駟馬難追
A real man never goes back his words
Bad news travel fast	好事不出們，壞事傳千裏
Be a fence sitter/sit on the fence	騎牆派
Bend over backward to do something	竭盡全力
Bird of same feather flock together	物以類聚，人以群分
Filial piety	孝順
Food is essential	民以食為天
Grass is greener on the other side of fence/mountain	這山望那山高
Have a foot in either camp	腳踩兩隻船
Jump the gun	操之過急
Look for fish in the woods	緣木求魚
Man proposes, god disposes	謀事在人，成事在天
Nothing can be accomplished without norms and standards	沒有規矩，不成方圓
Once on shore, one praises no more	好了傷疤忘了痛
Photographic memory	過目不忘
Rack one’s brain	絞盡腦汁/搜腸刮肚
Seeing is believing	百聞不如一見
Spare a rod, spoil a child	三天不打，上房揭瓦
Speak volume	不言而明
There are spots even on the sun	金無赤足，人無完人
This is no place like home	金窩銀窩，不如自己的狗窩
Under the broad light/in the middle of the day	光天化日之下
Walk through fire	赴湯蹈火
We live and learn	活到老，學到老
Where there is a will, there is a way	有誌者，事竟成
Where there is hope, there is life	留得青山在，不愁沒柴燒
Wishful thinking	如意算盤/癡心妄想

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