翻译资格考试中级英语笔译词汇：成语

　　如鱼得水 feel just like fish in water

　　临阵磨枪 sharpen one’s spear only before going into battle

　　狐假虎威 the fox borrows the tiger’s terror

　　猫哭老鼠 the cat weeps over the mouse

　　对牛弹琴 play the harp to a bull

　　雨后春笋 like bamboo shoots after a spring shower

　　一寸光阴一寸金 an inch of time is an inch of gold

　　谋事在人、成事在天 man proposes, god dispose

　　胸有成竹 have a well-thought-out plan before doing something

　　手忙脚乱 in a frantic rush

　　立竿见影 get instant results

　　噤若寒蝉 keep quiet

　　明火执仗 do evil things openly

　　牵肠挂肚 be full of anxiety and worry

　　快马加鞭 speed up

　　藕断丝连 have not cut off relations completely

　　五光十色 multicolored

　　归心似箭 be very anxious to return home

　　鸡毛蒜皮 trifling

　　开门见山 come straight to the point

　　狗急跳墙 do something desperate

　　黔驴技穷 at one’s wits end

　　单枪匹马 all by oneself

　　生龙活虎 bursting with energy

　　顺手牵羊 walk off with something

　　守株待兔 trust to chance and stroke of luck

　　肉中刺 a thorn in the flesh

　　混水摸鱼 fish in troubled water

　　趁热打铁 Strike while the iron is hot

　　眼见为实 Seeing is believing

　　隔墙有耳 Walls have ears

　　自投罗网 throw oneself into the trap

　　嗤之以鼻 turn up one’s nose at

　　一触即发 touch and go

　　空中楼阁 castles in the air

　　充耳不闻 turn a deaf ear to

　　熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect

　　事实胜于雄辩 Facts speak louder than words

　　笑掉大牙 laugh off one’s head

　　乱七八糟 at sixes and sevens

　　东张西望 look right and left

　　抛砖引玉 to throw a sprat to catch a herring

　　缘木求鱼 seek a hare in hen’s nest

　　挥金如土 to spend money like water

　　胆小如鼠 as timid as a hare

　　瓮中之鳖 like a rat in a hole

　　无风不起浪 There is no smoke without fire

　　挂羊头卖狗肉 cry up wine and sell vinegar

　　有志者事竟成Where there is a will there is a way

　　新官上任三把火 new brooms sweep clean

　　偷鸡不着蚀把米 go for wool and come back shorn

　　己所不欲，勿施于人 Do as you would be done by

　　以眼还眼 an eye for an eye

　　君子协定 a gentleman’s agreement

　　武装到牙齿 armed to the teeth

　　东施效颦 Dongshi imitating xishi

　　班门弄斧 show off your proficiency with an axe before the master carpenter

　　望梅止渴，画饼充饥 fantasy and illusion

　　獐头鼠目 young and old

　　衣冠楚楚 handsome and homely

　　褴褛破烂 smart and shabby

　　洗心革面，脱胎换骨 turn over a new leaf

　　货色齐全 品种多样 任君挑选 have a good assortment of goods to choose them

　　爱屋及乌 love me，love my dog

　　避坑落井 dodge a pit only to fall into a well

　　新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

　　江山易改，本性难移 a leopard cannot change its spots

　　沉鱼落雁，闭月羞花 the girl’s beauty would put the flowers to shame

　　覆水难收 spilt water cannot be gathered

　　孤掌难鸣 you can’t clap with one hand

　　忠言逆耳 truth hurts

　　逐鹿为马 talk black into white

　　涸泽而渔 ruin the source of supply

　　换汤不换药 old wine in new bottles