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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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She always scolded her children, but they knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
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0 W' c/ c* L; z; ^She always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite.
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动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn 5 G' j; t( Y8 h# `; O

4 u" ]: w+ t0 l# ?8 b% C: M动不动就感冒:catch a cold easily
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, Q! t, W1 B* ^# \3 M7 z6 l4 K动不动就发脾气:be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper
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, j  U: \& s1 C: C, ?7 N! c他动不动就训人:He is always lecturing people. / b4 ^* m2 N- Q: w6 T6 h0 c
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刀子嘴豆腐心:have a sharp tongue but a soft heart , @. k' Z2 G7 c5 z1 `" I5 h

2 T1 W2 ]5 ]) y1 y4 l$ g* Q! t1 p* x2. 他是不到黄河不死心。
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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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( z5 _5 U# _$ w/ m* I  _8 I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
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3. 十年树木,百年树人。 - H8 Q: k* H9 b. w2 Y* n

9 Y# k+ A% K- ?1 R( M( FIt takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear/cultivate people.
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2 m6 S. s4 {9 F: g& L9 ?4. 他这一去如石沉大海,再无消息。 ( n. }; v$ ^/ n: _6 C
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He left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of.
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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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" G; z; v+ e2 t8 q" D4 j5. 若要人不知,除非己莫为。
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The only way to stop people from knowing it is not to do it. % \6 A; |: k- k3 ~
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The only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it. 0 A$ q/ X* R0 n8 L- y

, ?2 s; i( N+ q* \7 VIf you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it. - Q( h) z. ]6 l* c5 h& m
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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.
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6. 他搜肠刮肚,也找不出合适的字眼表达这个意思。 : b* E1 t! t5 j

8 R5 \! ?2 g: Y: PHe racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea.
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7. 这完全是张冠李戴。 # x' Y: J* r" P$ B& I; l8 X

4 P- Y( P5 Z* ?4 pThis is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head.   f0 i. X2 c- b6 p! C& Y

) G' @1 c2 M- Q$ w+ f0 n张冠李戴: Put Zhang’s hat on Li’s head--- attribute sth. to the wrong person or confuse one thing with another. ; s2 n+ ]0 N3 K3 i0 a3 |) i

, r3 z' a1 g. c. u: C" @8. 味道真不错,果然是名不虚传。
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7 ?4 |  \* N/ m9 k, ?It’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation. ; k, M' |. X, y1 A$ |* B3 {0 ~) _! ?

& G% `  _+ F( e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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0 N. B3 P) L3 _, q; h+ I1 ^( @9. 父亲说,“事已至此,不必难过,好在天无绝人之路。”
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My 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.” 4 b0 W7 x) v1 z! N

9 J* d* C7 W# k0 W天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out. . a( j% V1 s" x( ~

* n1 R& t9 t( M& F( p10. 他咯咯的笑着说,“这叫做画饼充饥”。
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; t: F; L  F* o# e& j) r4 q' b# [He giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.”
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$ k3 ^* f4 H& Y' Y. {1 Z画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions.
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11. 汤姆也来上学,不过是三天打鱼,两天晒网。
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9 J) o6 W5 D' L3 Z( J5 eTom was enrolled as a student, but he was like the fisherman who fishes for three days and suns his net for two. 8 t2 r. i7 R" b2 |" o
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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. ) P) z  I) ]; Y; D; V0 A  p6 `
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12. 天下没有不散的宴席。 5 L% H' w( R# q) f( p' T
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All good things must come to end.
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All feasts must come to an end.
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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.
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+ R# j5 L8 U0 j6 i+ v9 g, }7 l13. 有理走遍天下,无理寸步难行。
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( Y4 T5 K$ F# k- ~2 A, aWith justice on your side, you can go anywhere; without it, you can’t take a step / move an inch. / f4 F7 A: i: r

* d4 p$ k) x! V3 _( \! E扩展:天网恢恢,疏而不漏:Justice has long arms.
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14. 江山易改,本性难移。
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A leopard can’t change its spots. 5 a+ @4 z- u: t. I% I! |

# K) q9 u# Q$ i' {江山易改,本性难移: It’s easy to change rivers and mountains but hard to change a person’s nature.
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15. 吃一堑,长一智。
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' ]' R2 c4 y# ?' T2 R5 oTalk 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.
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% h# D# [$ W: E  T3 |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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; H1 ^1 o. y' k, ~: G+ d9 w煽风点火:fan the flames; inflame and agitate people; stir up trouble
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# }9 k- w  U% `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. : o+ _9 H! A) B8 r+ D( b' n

) j8 \/ {; t; ^: T% @哭笑不得: not know whether to laugh or to cry; find sth both funny and annoying : W. x- ?7 P- A3 n2 T+ @

! ~2 i; x* b0 W8 y5 J18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。 9 K" Z- ^5 F: u+ o7 V. _$ E, c
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He has had a well-thought-out plan before doing it.
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胸有成竹: have a well-thought-out plan, stratagem, etc
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! \0 }9 g  x4 j* v19. 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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; J& N4 M, C. tThe Chinese people feel proud and elated for the great economic development/growth in China.
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The Chinese people feel proud and elated for China’s great economic development/growth.
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扬眉吐气: feel proud and elated ) N3 v( g4 ~9 @; M
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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。
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He used his influential friends to help him to get into the civil service by/through the back door.
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