27. “After you” is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌用语。 28. A good beginning is half done.良好的开端，成功的一半。 29. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 30. A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。
31. A good fame is better than a good face.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 32. A good medicine tastes bitter.美名胜过美貌。
33. A good wife's health is a man's best wealth.夫善则妻贤。 34. A great talker is a great liar.良药苦口。
35. A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。
36. A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。
37. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人信。 38. A light heart lives long.心情开朗寿命长。
39. A litter body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精华。 40. A litter knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解自欺欺人。 41. A litter pot is soon hot.壶小水易热。
42. All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 43. All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 44. All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 45. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。
46. All that ends well is well.结果好就一切都好。/善始善终。 47. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定是金子。
48. All things are difficult before they are easy.凡是总是由难而易。 49. A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。
50. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只会用工不会玩耍，聪明的孩子也会变傻。
51. A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 52. A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应当量力而为。 53. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。
54. A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 55. A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 56. A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。 57. A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，谬以千里。 58. A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。
59. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一个苹果，不用请医生。 60. A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。
61. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。 62. An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 63. An old dog barks not in vain.老狗不乱吠。
64. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。 65. A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 66. As a man sows so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
67. A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 68. A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。
69. A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 70. A still tongue makes a wise head.智者寡言。 71. A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
72. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 73. A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相不真人。 74. A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。 75. A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。 76. A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
1.burn the boat 自绝退路,破釜沉舟
2.one's hairs stands on end/set sb's hair on end 发根竖立, 毛骨悚然 3.show the cloven hoof 露出原形 4.hang by a hair 千钧一发
5.kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵
6.fish in troubled water 混水摸鱼 7.neither fish nor flesh 非驴非马 8.fish in the air 白费力气 9.a drop in the ocean 沧海一粟 10.laugh off one's head 笑破肚皮 11.be out at elbows 捉襟见肘 12.lay heads together 集思广益
13.know sth like the back of one's hand 对某事了如指掌 14.have an axe to grind 别有用心 意译法：
1.wake a sleeping dog 招惹是非 2.as easy as falling off a log 极容易
3.cast pearls before swine 对牛弹琴;白费好意 4.help a lame dog over a stile 雪中送炭 5.paint the lily 画蛇添足 6.as poor as Job 家贫如洗
7.a fly in the ointment 美中不足之处 8.reap what one has sown 自食其果
9.carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举;徒劳无功 10.be all thumbs笨手笨脚
1. A Chip on Your Shoulder 耿耿于怀
No, this doesn’t mean that you’ve dropped part of your snack. To have a chip on one’s shoulder implies that the person is carrying around some grudge or bad feelings about something that happened in the past… like having walked through the wreckage of a building, and ended up with a chip of that building stuck to them for years afterward.
这可不是说你掉了一点儿零食。\指的是一个人
对过去发生的事情怀有怨气或不良情绪......就像是走过建筑物的残骸，而接下来的几年中建筑物的碎屑仍粘在身上。 2. Bite Off More Than You Can Chew 贪多嚼不烂
Like taking a HUGE bite of a sandwich that will fill your mouth up so much that you can’t move your jaw, this idiom implies that you’ve taken on more than you can handle successfully. An example would be agreeing to build ten websites in a week when normally you can only handle five.
就像是你咬了一大口三明治，把嘴填得太满了，下巴都动不了了。这个习语指的是做事情不要超出自己的能力。举个例子，你同意一周的时间建10个网站，而通常情况下你只能建5个。 3. You Can’t Take It With You 生不带来，死不带去
You can’t take anything with you when you die, so don’t bother hoarding your stuff or not using it except for \to be around long after you’re gone.
当你死时，什么东西也带不走。所以不要贮藏东西或只有“特殊场合”才使用某些东西。活在当下，因为在你走了之后，那些东西还会长时间存在。 4. Everything But the Kitchen Sink 一应俱全/无所不包
This implies that nearly everything has been packed/taken/removed. For instance, if someone said: \took everything they could carry; it’s damned hard to remove a sink and carry it around.
这指的是无所不包。例如，如果有人说：\kitchen sink!\指的是贼把能搬的东西都搬走了；很难卸下水槽并随身携带。 5. Over My Dead Body 休想
When the only way you’ll allow something to happen is if you’re no longer alive to stop it.
你允许某事发生的唯一方式是你不再活在世上，无法去阻止它。 6. Tie the Knot 喜结连理
To get married. This is left over from the old tradition of handfasting, wherein the hands of the bride and groom would be tied together with a length of ribbon to symbolize that their lives were fastened together permanently.
结婚。这是从婚约的古老传统遗留下来的，新郎和新娘的手用缎带系在一起， 代表他们的生活永远地系在了一起。 7. Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover 不要以貌取人
Things aren’t always what they appear to be at first glance, so it’s a good idea to give something a chance, even if its outward appearance isn’t immediately attractive. 事情并不总是第一眼看上去的样子，所以即使事物的外观不能立刻吸引你，也要给它们一些机会。
*The exception to this might be actual books that have hideous covers: those tend to be terrible all around, and in cases such as these, it’s best to contact the author or publisher and recommend a good graphic designer.
*例外情况可能是封皮骇人的书籍：那些书无论放在哪里都很吓人，在这种情况下，最好联系作者或出版商，并推荐好的平面设计师。 8. When Pigs Fly 永无可能
This means never. Pigs aren’t about to sprout wings and take flight anytime soon, so if someone says to their kid that they can get a forehead tattoo when pigs fly, it’s not gonna happen.
这意味着不可能。猪不可能在短期内长出翅膀飞起来。 所以如果有人这样对孩子说， 当猪能飞时就能在前额上纹身，意思是这样的事是不会发生的。 9. A Leopard Can’t Change His Spots 江山易改，本性难移
Basically: you are who you are. Just like a leopard can’t concentrate really hard and
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