新疆新源县第八中学2016届高三英语专题复习：写作习语

　　高考英语专题总复习写作习语

　　碍于情面 for fear of hurting sb’s feelings

　　居安思危 be mindful of possible danger in time of peace

　　安分守己 act proper to one’s status

　　安于现状 be content with things as they are

　　循序渐进 learn to walk before you run

　　班门弄斧 teach a dog to bark

　　本末倒置 put the cart before the horse

　　闭门造车 work on some project without reference to what the world requires

　　避重就轻 avoid the crucial point and take the minor

　　标本兼治 put things right once and for all

　　表里如一 one’s outer and inner selves are in harmony

　　冰冻三尺非一日之寒

　　a tree will not fall at one blow

　　病急乱投医 a drowning man will catch at a straw

　　不得要领 be beside the point

　　不分轻重缓急 have no sense of priority

　　不顾大局 be regardless of the whole situation

　　不顾事实 have no regard for the truth

　　不经灾难不知福 misfortune tells us what fortune is

　　不经一事不长一智 experience is the best teacher

　　不破不立 there is no making without breaking

　　不求甚解 be content with a superficial understanding

　　不以规矩不能成方圆 rules and regulations must be adhered to in handling affairs

　　操之过急 catch the ball before the bound

　　差之毫厘谬以千里 one false step will make a great difference

　　拆东墙补西墙 reinforce one place at the expense of another

　　成竹在胸 have well-thought-out ideas

　　尺有所短寸有所长 everyone has his shortcomings and merits

　　好出风头 like to be in the spotlight

　　出工不出力 lie down on the job

　　触类旁通 grasp a typical example and you will grasp the whole category

　　穿凿附会 force words into a sense

　　吹毛求疵 pick on sth to find fault with

　　聪明反被聪明误 cleverness may overreach itself

　　从中渔利 cash in on other people’s efforts

　　达观知命 take things as they are

　　打击别人抬高自己 raise oneself by dirtying other’s name

　　打破常规 break away from conventional practices

　　打如意算盘 indulge in wishful thinking

　　打肿脸充胖子 try to satisfy one’s vanity when one cannot really afford to do so

　　大处着眼小处着手 keep the general goal in sight while taking hold of the daily tasks

　　众人拾柴火焰高 there is strength in numbers

　　大局为重 put the interest of the whole above everything else

　　大是大非 right and wrong on vital questions

　　大树底下好乘凉 under the protection of people of power and influence one can profit

　　但知其一不知其二 have a one-sided view

　　当断不断反受其乱 he who hesitates is lost

　　当局者迷旁观者清 lookers-on see more than the players

　　当一天和尚撞一天钟 do just enough to get by

　　蹈规循矩

　　be on the straight and narrow

　　得不偿失 not worth the cost

　　颠倒是非 confuse right and wrong

　　独木不成林 an individual is too weak in strength to accomplish a great task

　　对症下药 solve problems according to objective realities

　　多此一举 hold a candle to the sun

　　尔虞我诈 double-cross each other

　　二人同心其利断金 union is strength

　　不可偏废 neither should be overemphasized at the expense of the other

　　凡事预则立不预则废 preparedness ensures success and unpreparedness spells failure

　　防患于未然 take preventive measures

　　放长线钓大鱼 adopt a long-term plan to secure sth big

　　放马后炮 do sth which no longer needs to be done

　　分清是非 distinguish right from wrong

　　覆水难收 there is no use crying spilt milk

　　刚柔并济 exercise a combination of inflexibility and yielding

　　纲举目张 when the general plan is laid out,the details are easy to arrange

　　高不成低不就 be unable to achieve one’s heart’s desire but unwilling to accept less

　　高瞻远瞩 look far ahead and aim high

　　隔靴搔痒 fail to strike home

　　工欲善其事必先利其器 better tools make good work

　　固守成规 stick to old rules

　　固步自封 be satisfied with old practices and cease to make progress

　　顾全大局 bear the whole situation in mind

　　顾小失大 suffer a big loss for a little gain

　　好高骛远 reach for what is beyond one’s grasp

　　华而不实 have all one’s goods in the window

　　画蛇添足 spoil things by going to extremes

　　换汤不换药 make a superficial change

　　讳疾忌医 conceal one’s fault for fear of criticism

　　急功近利 seek quick success and instant benefits

　　疾风知劲草 strength of character is tested in a crisis

　　己所不欲勿施于人 do as you would be done by

　　兼听则明偏信则暗 you will be enlightened by listening to both sides

　　见利忘义 disregard moral principles in pursuit of profit

　　骄者必败 pride goes before a fall

　　矫枉过正 go beyond the proper limits in righting a wrong

　　脚踏实地 in a down-to-earth way

　　身正不怕影斜 a clean conscience is a sure card

　　近朱者赤 keep good men company and you shall be of the number

　　精益求精 seek for ever greater perfection

　　井底之蛙 a person with a very limited outlook

　　九层之台起于垒土 from small beginning come great things

　　口是心非 consent outwardly but disagree inwardly

　　滥竽充数 make up a number without active work

　　乐极生悲 extreme joy gives rise to sorrow

　　两害相权取其轻 between two evils choose the lesser

　　临渊羡鱼不如退而结网 one should have a down-to-earth style of working to attain one’s goal

　　律己正人 he that would command must serve

　　满招损谦受益 humility often gains more than pride

　　没有规矩不成方圆 rules and regulations must be adhered in handling affairs

　　名实不符 have an undeserved reputation

　　宁缺毋滥 put quality before quantity

　　弄巧成拙 make a full of oneself in trying to be smart

　　盘根究底 try to get to the heart of a matter

　　棋错一招满盘皆输

　　a false step may lose the whole game

　　千里之堤毁于蚁穴 a small leak will sink a great ship

　　千里之行始于足下 step by step one goes far to Rome

　　轻重缓急 order of priority

　　求大同存小异 seek common ground on major questions while reserving minor differences

　　取长补短 draw on the strong points of others to make up for one’s own weak points

　　取其精华去其糟粕 absorb what is good and reject what is bad

　　权衡轻重 weigh the comparative importance

　　人云亦云 echo the views of others

　　融会贯通 gain a thorough understanding of the subject through mastery of all relevant material

　　舍本逐末 pay attention to trifles but neglect essentials

　　慎思而后行 second thoughts are best

　　实事求是 seek truth from facts

　　随大流 follow the general trend

　　损人利己 profit at the expense of others

　　团结就是力量 union is strength

　　外强中干 strong in appearance but weak inside

　　外柔内刚 gentle in manner but firm indeed

　　妄自菲薄 have an undue sense of inferiority

　　物极必反 no extreme will hold long

　　相辅相成 be inseparably interconnected

　　言必有信 be as good as one’s words

　　眼高手低 have sharp eyes in criticizing others but clumsy hands in doing things oneself

　　一步登天 have a sudden rise in life

　　一孔之见 one-sided view

　　一劳永逸 once and for all

　　一叶障目不见泰山 have one’s view of the important overshadowed by the trivial

　　一知半解 know only superficially

　　以己度人 judge others by oneself

　　以其人之道还治其人之身 fight fire with fire

　　因材施教 suit the instruction to the student’s level

　　因噎废食 give up doing sth necessary for fear of a slight risk

　　欲速则不达 more haste, less speed

　　纸上谈兵 indulge in empty talk