英譯: Chinese Idioms ( From: qiuqiu04 及眾網友 )

最近qiuqiu04 問了很多很好的中國成語及俗語,我作了一個總結,以便於大家查閱.

一個和尚挑水喝,兩個和尚擔水喝,三個和尚沒水喝
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.

冰凍三尺,非一日之寒
Ice three feet thick is not due to one day's cold.
Rome was not built in one day.

忠言逆耳利於行，良藥苦口利於病
Unpleasant advice, like bitter medicine, has wholesome effect.
A sincere advice which jars on the ear benefits one's conduct; a good medicine which tastes bitter cures the disease.

脫了褲子放屁--多此一舉
Pants down to（let forth a）fart——trouble for nothing.

別占著茅坑不拉屎
Don't occupy the stool,but not to shit （or without shitting）。

和尚打傘，無法無天
I'm above the law.
I take the law into my own hands.

得了便宜還賣乖
Take one's undeserved gain for granted

得寸進尺
貪得無厭
gained but still demanding

上梁不正下梁歪
If the upper beam is not in the right position, the lower ones will be inclined to one side

三天打魚，兩天曬網
Go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two .
lack of perseverance

禍從口出，言多必失
A misfortune (or trouble) comes from a careless talk (mouth).
Mistakes come out of too much talking.

天生我才必有用
I was born to be useful .
A diamond hiding in the earth will surely be discovered one day.

死豬不怕開水燙
Dead pigs do not suffer in boiling water .

千裏之行，始於足下
A journey of a thousand miles starts from the very first step .

這山望著那山高
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence .

燙手的土豆
Hot potato

他說話酸溜溜的
He is very sarcastic.

掌上明珠
the apple of one's eyes

尖酸刻薄
sharp tongue

小心眼兒
narrow minded

螳螂撲蟬，黃雀在後
The preying mantis catches the cicada, without notice of the canary behind

聞過則喜
Criticism is highly welcomed

玩物喪誌
Indulgence in a hobby ruins the will

機關算盡太聰明，反誤了卿卿性命
Trying to be too smart in the political trickery, you have adversely ended in a fatal loss.

With all your clever calculation and intrigues, you have brought about nothing but your own doom.