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Idiom Proverb 直译 Ⅰ Diamond cut diamond, crook cut crook. Like knows like. Like cures like. cure-all panacea Great minds think alike. Money makes the mare to go./Money talks./money-oriented /money worship Strike while the iron is hot. A castle in the air/ in Spain To go through fire and water 赴汤蹈火 To turn a blind eye to… To turn a deaf ear to… To add fuel to the flames To kill two birds with one stone To wash one’s hands off Heart and soul A stony heart Ruby rugby red stone blue stone To give up halfway To play a flute to a cow To call white black As easy as turning over one’s hand /easy come, easy go. Smooth tongue/mother tongue/a sweet tongue/sharp tongue Beyond cure/beyond repair/beyond one’s power Walls have ears, hedges have eyes. To blow one’s own horn Misfortunes never come singly/alone. To fish in troubled waters To be on thin ice Thin/slim lady fat/plump/chubby To add flowers on the brocade Small pox To be wild with joy To go all out In broad daylight To be mindful of personal gains and losses Ⅱ sour grapes Mongolian cow sour sour yogurt super girls competition The Milky way A land of honey and milk honeymoon olive branch a Judas kiss crocodile tears The fifth column Waterloo Watergate Eden A bed of roses Pandora’s box The Trojan horse Helen of Troy The tower of ivory/the ivory tower Solomon As wise as Solomon Hellfire Stick and carrot wolf in sheep’s clothing cry wolf =give false alarm. Aesop’s Fables All that glitters is not gold. forbidden fruit (illegal sexuality) forbidden city pyramid a Sphinx’s riddle 套译法 1.A bolt from the blue 2.To hang by a hair Hung hung hanged hanged 3.To show one’s colors 轩尼诗酒 To me,the past is always black and white,but the future is always color. Yesterday is a history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a gift. Nobody can change the length of our life,but everybody can change its width and depth. 4.To spend money like water 挥金如土 5.To laugh off one’s head 笑掉大牙 kungfu tofu Bruce Lee Jack