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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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- t) Y/ n5 \% J+ [; }/ GShe 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.
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动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn ; F) {& l' H+ f' y B. |4 {' e
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动不动就感冒：catch a cold easily & F; r& t* {8 f" h
5 u* d. G C4 |& j/ o- A, z% {) v动不动就发脾气：be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper & e# E4 o3 B* _ Z% ^$ F
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他动不动就训人：He is always lecturing people. 7 \2 O! P4 j# K3 f- B' H+ ]
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刀子嘴豆腐心：have a sharp tongue but a soft heart
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" g) W5 U- N- {& F: F2. 他是不到黄河不死心。 7 Y1 w# X3 v! c3 m- L
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He wouldn’t stop until he reached the Yellow River—to give up until his hope has gone. * b, j# c6 `! _/ A# x* X+ }" B
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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;
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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。
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8 Q/ q( j8 c+ e( jIt takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear/cultivate people.
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+ ^! }$ G) j2 ^! m; j( k z0 _$ z4. 他这一去如石沉大海，再无消息。 / K Y9 \3 B, Q' q% X- T" n
3 M7 j/ t' N% w" l, Z3 DHe left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of. 3 o7 f& }% M9 f
7 @; Y- z) p4 S# g/ A; }石沉大海: like a stone dropped into the sea---disappear for ever; never to be seen or heard of again. ! H4 b# ]) B& `9 h: S
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5. 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. 4 g+ t' |2 q+ g) B8 p
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The only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it. . i& m* M) ]5 u$ j; {$ _
; f, C' z: {1 K# tIf you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it.
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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. # @' C/ [3 t( P( H. ]
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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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% o$ {- ~! E4 b* M l, cHe 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。 / ]% @% S: K& G( }
0 @( w2 Z7 ? P1 X5 g6 dThis is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head.
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, J0 R/ k! x) y1 _; G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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6 q C1 H; _, a+ {8. 味道真不错，果然是名不虚传。 # r: _! H: q9 T* Z+ D4 V
5 T" n7 N! j6 M+ dIt’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation.
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名不虚传: have a well-deserved reputation;
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deserve the reputation one enjoys; 3 E+ [% \4 i6 Y3 R& g
% X' }6 C) q1 hlive up to one’s reputation
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8 i. e. B- P2 }( F0 E8 Z: i9. 父亲说，“事已至此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路。”
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( I4 y4 O& u8 X LMy 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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; G0 e7 G) G7 u# \8 S) F% Y9 I5 g天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out.
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4 f4 n( v# F& y" H10. 他咯咯的笑着说，“这叫做画饼充饥”。 ! Q8 J& B/ G6 L8 Y2 h2 t
, Q/ @. _4 S2 r% h6 ~% U0 IHe giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.”
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9 P+ K6 L/ K4 \: ]3 [) s+ d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。 ) N' c0 X2 Z) q5 B( ]/ L' p
' }5 Z) O, g7 C8 T: J e! a' zTom 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. * q+ r( g- a: R& t$ j6 `+ B; p7 h
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12. 天下没有不散的宴席。 6 K; ~7 M) B6 k
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All good things must come to end.
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7 S K. b, N& dAll feasts must come to an end. , c( C+ O! w6 b+ p* r! v
6 P2 U0 T& _0 }/ h4 G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. / O) D3 b/ M3 X4 z( D3 ]. Y
$ b5 S/ `6 Q4 ?1 \13. 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。 % U, j7 i3 r, \
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With 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. " `1 w! p/ A) G4 n8 F6 U. F' F
" |" v1 B8 A& {. {) k14. 江山易改，本性难移。 3 e# f. t, ^( v: }+ R
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( c5 Y/ d& Y E* g& C) ~* B1 E* t% [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。 8 _: U+ q7 {& }$ k+ R0 `
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A fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit. / T) J1 ?6 V" v! [
3 a+ l6 x) q( P: G16. “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。 : a, s3 n( F1 \$ X- o* }
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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.
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3 m l6 r8 d$ X: d8 K$ ^; O9 ?2 z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. . f: y/ ~: w: |* ?1 ~' z4 I
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借刀杀人: kill somebody by another’s hand; make use of one person to get rid of another. 6 f @5 X9 \" T
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17. 我在当时真的是哭笑不得。
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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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* g5 l: T/ ?2 y X8 K4 w18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。 3 P j6 W% B F( e* @; f! P3 p
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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 , N3 N/ z. S9 s2 I5 g# n3 A
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19. 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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/ k8 j1 u+ a4 V( l3 u( sThe 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. ' X( g: e" h% a
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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。 ; ~! X" B9 Z, n* `1 m0 T& ~
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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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