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1. 她动不动就骂她的孩子们，但孩子们都知道她是刀子嘴豆腐心。
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3 z, O: B7 u3 L y$ A9 g6 ?She always scolded her children, but they knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
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She always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite. $ u$ U& }0 o' \) w1 n' F
& G5 ?6 G$ ^2 z3 N+ |动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn
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$ u4 a9 b. w' U# u+ J: Y( a动不动就感冒：catch a cold easily
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动不动就发脾气：be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper
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他动不动就训人：He is always lecturing people. ( y, U$ n" A- P3 H t3 q s* r
7 l& U9 x: W; I9 S X; M- m8 t$ ]刀子嘴豆腐心：have a sharp tongue but a soft heart / o. j2 j, V( F- T4 S; C
9 s6 t! x. U; N$ _5 a, {5 v, v2. 他是不到黄河不死心。 2 s' ? X2 A5 W9 @$ D1 p# Z
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He wouldn’t stop until he reached the Yellow River—to give up until his hope has gone.
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, [ }; l/ _$ @# c/ R不到黄河不死心: not stop until one reaches the Huanghe River—not stop until one reaches one’s goal;
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refuse to give up until all hope is gone 7 a" d7 `% B; |6 U+ X# A$ C
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3. 十年树木，百年树人。
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It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear/cultivate people.
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9 o8 }* Z; x3 W6 ^; I$ M: L: o' w y K4. 他这一去如石沉大海，再无消息。
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He left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of. . ~2 F0 x) X p* F* O/ B
* M6 x( k1 @$ d6 ^石沉大海: like a stone dropped into the sea---disappear for ever; never to be seen or heard of again.
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5. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
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6 n7 C, y9 \7 P, H( s) ZThe only way to stop people from knowing it is not to do it. " [7 U1 b' Y; D( a
! F9 j8 X) V3 H8 D0 DThe only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it.
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- D2 h0 Y! O8 z# c1 @If you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it.
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' `( B0 G3 N& p若要人不知，除非己莫为: If you don’t wish anyone to know what you’ve done, it is better not to have done it in the first place. 6 |& c e. E1 }' h6 U
5 m+ W5 l" \4 K6. 他搜肠刮肚，也找不出合适的字眼表达这个意思。
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$ w5 M+ B! @7 F8 sHe racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea. & J% b" w! ]* n
5 a1 V8 N8 J7 u5 V+ S7. 这完全是张冠李戴。 5 k) U0 V: S* y8 _- w, ~
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This is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head.
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张冠李戴: Put Zhang’s hat on Li’s head--- attribute sth. to the wrong person or confuse one thing with another.
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' J! ?2 u- U+ ^8 `8. 味道真不错，果然是名不虚传。 7 s: o1 B+ n4 I2 H
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It’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation.
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, i% S( Y. d( \: s- R名不虚传: have a well-deserved reputation;
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deserve the reputation one enjoys;
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live up to one’s reputation
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* `- e& b3 g! Q6 B$ @9. 父亲说，“事已至此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路。”
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+ r0 o/ E" i/ Y1 pMy father said, “Now that things have come to such a pass. It’s no use crying. Heaven always leaves one way out / Every cloud has a silver line.” 1 n: g( M: T! L/ {0 [1 Y
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天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out.
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10. 他咯咯的笑着说，“这叫做画饼充饥”。
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He giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.” 3 K1 h6 T. r2 o2 Y2 D) O
J* Z" {# M( u" F! N0 W画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions. 9 O. q, d- ~5 Y1 Q
& w4 K& u! f) p" {0 @11. 汤姆也来上学，不过是三天打鱼，两天晒网。
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( @: f$ h; q& ^, i: QTom was enrolled as a student, but he was like the fisherman who fishes for three days and suns his net for two. 7 t; }) n2 ]! o/ N
/ k. F0 f. q6 l三天打鱼，两天晒网: go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two--- work by fits and starts; lack perseverance.
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8 O6 D$ y& |9 T, u4 o12. 天下没有不散的宴席。
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All good things must come to end. 8 B0 S s! }- P* g" s$ X
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All feasts must come to an end.
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4 c- T4 G9 h! c5 C& ]天下没有不散的宴席: There never was a feast but the guests have to depart--- all good things must come to an end. 9 _5 A Y4 @7 ]% x) m
4 @2 [+ n1 F5 E. U( t- m13. 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。
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4 P4 x6 \) K6 p0 n7 _- a8 h3 ZWith justice on your side, you can go anywhere; without it, you can’t take a step / move an inch.
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扩展：天网恢恢，疏而不漏：Justice has long arms. ) q0 k- L2 P, Q( K f6 [& y
( E' K. s n3 b, m, E+ d* T14. 江山易改，本性难移。 3 a! \" ]3 M6 ^0 R9 s& {
* u f3 ~3 w: ?: x- hA leopard can’t change its spots.
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江山易改，本性难移: It’s easy to change rivers and mountains but hard to change a person’s nature. 0 G0 U; {. R" |% W: ^. L# r
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15. 吃一堑，长一智。
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A fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit.
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16. “坐山观虎斗”，“借刀杀人”，“煽风点火”，“推倒油瓶儿不扶”，都是他们的本事。
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Talk about “sitting on a hill to watch tigers fight”, “murdering with a borrowed sword”, “stirring up trouble”, and “not troubling to right the oil bottle that has been knocked over”---- they are all good hands at such tricks. ; z$ t1 a8 x% f6 H
6 M Y* u9 C. b坐山观虎斗:Sit on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight—watch in safety while others fight, then reap the spoils when both sides are exhausted.
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借刀杀人: kill somebody by another’s hand; make use of one person to get rid of another.
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8 `: U3 R) i- a0 @17. 我在当时真的是哭笑不得。
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I felt at a loss to know that to do at that moment/time.
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. V2 c1 B- E7 `' ^9 a4 E5 M7 _哭笑不得: not know whether to laugh or to cry; find sth both funny and annoying & m3 ^3 G6 D2 }# T( K7 c& O
" J; m l Y8 n3 G18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。
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8 B( x# ~7 I! `0 b3 U1 f! T3 JHe has had a well-thought-out plan before doing it.
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2 E0 p6 k2 a: V0 p' i5 j6 R19. 中国经济取得巨大发展，中国人民终于扬眉吐气了。
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The Chinese people feel proud and elated for the great economic development/growth in China.
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; W$ m1 C2 X' I+ N8 m: V( h( c) u3 QThe Chinese people feel proud and elated for China’s great economic development/growth. ) t& {0 _' N+ g
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扬眉吐气: feel proud and elated
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20. 他利用那些有权有势的朋友帮助他走后门，到政府行政部门任职。 ; |) h# h; [+ b- z) ]+ }8 o
, ^# c x; z! M" }! BHe used his influential friends to help him to get into the civil service by/through the back door. |
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