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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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She always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite. 0 v2 l; R1 ]# P+ F! T3 K$ t2 h
8 |- J9 ]1 L/ t; s. W6 k动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn , D" ?; w2 n; I. M: _
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动不动就感冒：catch a cold easily + @; J1 K5 P4 c: L, E; j
0 W* |5 Q7 g/ j$ ?动不动就发脾气：be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper
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7 F4 P' L: i( U, a; Z他动不动就训人：He is always lecturing people.
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: J/ h' H, \7 G刀子嘴豆腐心：have a sharp tongue but a soft heart
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0 v2 g _) r* l9 T! Q9 d2. 他是不到黄河不死心。 3 `# a0 O+ m# E D
" s5 Z3 i3 X' C1 YHe wouldn’t stop until he reached the Yellow River—to give up until his hope has gone.
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不到黄河不死心: not stop until one reaches the Huanghe River—not stop until one reaches one’s goal; 2 J9 f, k; F; y- \# m
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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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4. 他这一去如石沉大海，再无消息。 ; y/ e+ N5 z2 E) o' Q/ n
2 U+ X7 D |& S d& ~He left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of. . G& J2 ?- {( U7 {) R1 e0 i8 b
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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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5. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
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% [$ }( @9 W& E; l3 }The only way to stop people from knowing it is not to do it.
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The only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it.
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2 _- V1 P( m3 o0 U) x/ j; PIf you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it. + s" K' a* n; h+ b0 `0 C
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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。
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8 B3 v) P2 Q* m) P( HHe racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea. 5 T% U( V4 K4 o
X6 Y' U' T, ~0 p/ c5 P7. 这完全是张冠李戴。 " O8 W+ K* ~5 j: o# }& r
0 t' V: R3 b+ V/ j, iThis 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. / o6 L! b: r/ R7 E5 `+ \; q7 E
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8. 味道真不错，果然是名不虚传。 5 m9 @$ T; i. F8 c1 F! v
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It’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation.
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, T8 K# B7 k! a! V7 S3 ?: V名不虚传: have a well-deserved reputation; M3 L* B: o1 p- A
! Q0 X& H9 j8 E+ Z: {1 vdeserve the reputation one enjoys;
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; p* h C& j0 Z/ s9 G, ?2 e& k, j9. 父亲说，“事已至此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路。”
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. O: F! d R7 l/ W5 l; Q6 CMy 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.”
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+ b& m8 K3 F' \- G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’.” # c' s7 y8 z; Z) x
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画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions. % Q1 b2 m$ j( g6 h, Y% `
/ G7 Q: `- S, C4 {- J6 a8 U1 _! g8 d11. 汤姆也来上学，不过是三天打鱼，两天晒网。 % F8 R1 A. v/ Q! T
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Tom was enrolled as a student, but he was like the fisherman who fishes for three days and suns his net for two.
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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.
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: l) @8 t) J( C% ?12. 天下没有不散的宴席。 4 l; D: T$ v D
) K( p. d0 O0 b/ q* e |3 j9 aAll good things must come to end. - B M# S$ D$ F& P
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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. / ?' D# r$ p# s# ^
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13. 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。 @& l" ~2 g, ?6 _
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1 U( Y, U2 Z0 b6 t" K, _扩展：天网恢恢，疏而不漏：Justice has long arms.
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" b; K8 q, J! W, @' b7 ?! p14. 江山易改，本性难移。
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A leopard can’t change its spots. 3 V _' ~$ ?3 y4 h- z& O
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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. 8 p5 S9 b" R0 i! d) M6 `4 F( r
! w7 N' \6 x+ j15. 吃一堑，长一智。
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3 {/ F l4 i! c" zA fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit. . }! e2 T; Q% ^, _6 b+ e, i
- y4 ]0 y$ ]. B3 C# V16. “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。 1 ^3 u2 V- I6 N
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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. / Q" K3 R% [5 ?" @9 D5 k S
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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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煽风点火:fan the flames; inflame and agitate people; stir up trouble
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17. 我在当时真的是哭笑不得。 % D& u3 D1 K4 K( U/ z U. s
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I felt at a loss to know that to do at that moment/time.
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哭笑不得: not know whether to laugh or to cry; find sth both funny and annoying
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18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。 ; y1 p$ [) N7 ]( Z
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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 & W- w9 u$ [9 z, c5 @) T
( z4 e8 O# M/ H) v7 P19. 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. 6 w; P5 w$ E0 R8 d0 z
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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
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b9 p* {4 }: P+ s20. 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。 - S& Y8 v5 o8 B
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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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