1.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 2.不眠之夜 white night 3.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best 4.不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 5.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 6.大开眼界 open one’s eyes; broaden one’s horizon; be an eye-opener 7.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 8.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 9.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 10.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth 11.活到老,学到老 One is never too old to learn. 12.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 13.金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can’t be pure and man can’t be perfect. 14.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home 15.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 16.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 17.老生常谈,陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché 18.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 19.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope. 20.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success 21.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth 22.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened 23.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself. 24.拿手好戏 masterpiece 25.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad 26.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 27.强强联手 win-win co-operation 28.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest. 29.人之初,性本善 Man’s nature at birth is good. 30.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man. 31.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy 32.世上无难事,只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way. 33.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 34.死而后已 until my heart stops beating 35.岁岁平安 Peace all year round 36.塞翁失马,焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 37.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products) 38.四十不惑 Life begins at forty. 39.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 40.时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 41.杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel 42.说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. 43.实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 44.实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 45.糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets 46.天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue 47.团结就是力量 Unity is strength. 48.歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 49.物以类聚,人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together. 50.望子成龙 hold high hopes for one"s child 51.屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. 52.文韬武略 military expertise; military strategy 53.唯利是图 draw water to one’s mill 54.无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots 55.无中生有 make/create something out of nothing 56.徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 57.新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 58.蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off 59.心想事成 May all your wish come true 60.先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. 61.先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound 62.像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan 63.现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example 64.息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters 65.喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear 66.循序渐进 step by step 67.鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey 68.有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well. 69.有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 70.有识之士 people of vision 71.有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain 72.与时俱进 advance with times 73.以人为本 people oriented; people foremost 74.因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude 75.欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success. 76.优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest 77.英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike. 78.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies. 79.一言既出,驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words. 80.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful 81.债台高筑 become debt-ridden 82.致命要害 Achilles’heel 83.众矢之的 target of public criticism 84.纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist 85.纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later 86.爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog. 87.百闻不如一见Seeing is believing. 88.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 89.大事化小,小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 90.没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 91.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. 92.谋事在人,成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. " 93.弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself. 94.拿手好戏masterpiece 95.赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad 96.一箭双雕 to kill two birds with one stone 97.趁热打铁 to strike while the iron is hot 98.火上加油 to pour oil on the flame 99.晴天霹雳 like a bolt from the blue 100.浑水摸鱼 to fish in the troubled water 101.轻如鸿毛 as light as a feather 102.空中楼阁 castle in the air 103.破釜沉舟 to burn the boat 104.如履薄冰 to be on the thin ice 105.守口如瓶 as dumb as an oyster; as silent as the graves; as close as wax 106.一贫如洗 as poor as a Church mouse 107.健壮如牛 as strong as a horse 108.血流如注 to bleed like a pig 109.打草惊蛇to wake a sleeping dog 110.对牛弹琴to cast pearls before swine 111.画蛇添足to paint the lily 112.雪中送炭to help a lame dog over a stile 113.易如反掌as easy as falling off a log 114.粗枝大叶 to be crude and careless 115.扬眉吐气 to feel proud and elated 116.无孔不入 to take advantage of every weakness 117.大张旗鼓 on a large and spectacular scale 118.风雨飘摇 (of a situation)being 119.毛遂自荐 to volunteer one’s service (毛遂——战国时期人名) 120.初出茅庐 at the beginning of one’s career (出自《三国演义》的典故) 121.东施效颦 crude imitation with ludicrous effect (东施——古代一丑女的名字) 122.南柯一梦 a fond dream or illusory joy (南柯——古代传说的梦中地名) 123.四面楚歌 to be besieged on all sides (楚——战国时期的地名)