常见中国成语翻译（中英对照）-2

　　有些中文成语在英语中如果表达不当，很容易会让人误解。所以，学学常见中文成语的英译很有必要！
　　金无足赤，人无完人
　　Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
　　金玉满堂
　　Treasures fill the home.
　　脚踏实地
　　be down-to-earth
　　脚踩两只船
　　sit on the fence
　　君子之交淡如水
　　the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
　　老生常谈，陈词滥调
　　cut and dried, cliché，stereotype
　　礼尚往来
　　Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
　　留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
　　Where there is life, there is hope.
　　马到成功
　　achieve immediate victory; win instant success
　　名利双收
　　gain in both fame and wealth
　　茅塞顿开
　　be suddenly enlightened
　　没有规矩，不成方圆
　　Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
　　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.
　　谋事在人，成事在天
　　The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
　　弄巧成拙
　　be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself
　　拿手好戏
　　masterpiece
　　赔了夫人又折兵
　　throw good money after bad
　　抛砖引玉
　　a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
　　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
　　抢得先机
　　take the preemptive opportunities