功虧一簣 【翻 譯】to fail to build a mound for want of one final basket of earth. [查看全文]
刮目相看 【翻譯】Look at someone with a new eye-Treat someone with increased respect. [查看全文]
瓜田李下 【翻譯】Pulling On One's Shoe In a Melon Patch, Or Adjusting One's Cap Under A Plum Tree. [查看全文]
郭氏之墟:齊桓公出游途中,來到已經(jīng)滅亡許久的郭氏都城的廢墟。看到瓦礫殘?jiān)?、雜草叢生的蕭條景象,忍不住問當(dāng)?shù)匕傩展蠝缤龅脑颉? [查看全文]
害群之馬【翻譯】The Horse Which Does Harm To The Herd - A Black Sheep. [查看全文]
含沙射影【翻 譯】to make oblique charges. [查看全文]
邯鄲學(xué)步 【翻譯】 Imitating Another without Success and Losing What Used to Be One'sOwn Ability. [查看全文]
故事出自《史記?汲鄭列傳》。成語“后來居上”,往往指后起的可以勝過先前的。和汲黯說這話的原意,大不相同。后來居上 【翻譯】The latecomers surpass the oldtimers. [查看全文]
后來人們就用“畫餅充饑”這個(gè)成語比喻用空想安慰自己,不能解決實(shí)際問題。畫餅充饑【翻譯】Allaying Hunger with Pictures of Cakes. [查看全文]
于是后來“畫龍點(diǎn)睛”這個(gè)成語用來比喻講話或?qū)懳恼庐嫯嫊r(shí),一兩句關(guān)鍵的話(畫)會(huì)使它們立刻生動(dòng)起來。畫龍點(diǎn)睛【翻譯】Putting the finishing touch to the picture of a dragon. [查看全文]