2017高中英语素材轻松阅读：英语中常用的123个中国成语(2)素材

　　英语中常用的123个中国成语(2)

　　21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

　　22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.

　　23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

　　24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

　　25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

　　26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

　　27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

　　28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.

　　29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success

　　30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth

　　31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened

　　32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.

　　33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

　　34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.

　　35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself

　　36.拿手好戏 masterpiece

　　37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

　　38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions, throw a sprat to catch a whale

　　39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

　　40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities