托福词汇谚语记忆30条
1.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can’t make a fist. One can’t make bricks without straw.
2.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
3.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
4.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
5.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
6.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
7.强强联手 win-win co-operation
8.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
9.人之初性本善 Man’s nature at birth is good.
10.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.
1.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect.
2.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.
3.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
4.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence
5.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
6.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché
7.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
8.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.
9.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
10.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
2.百闻不如一见 (眼见为实 )Seeing is believing.
3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜 white night
6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
