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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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% m3 m: |! `- L1 t9 v6 BShe always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite. 0 @" X4 j! G% N" l! ~% u
, l1 _! v/ V* m8 {; w6 B动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn $ ]% M% V* h' p) | f: o
+ `5 m' h% u4 C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.
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) O/ A# p2 z; R! T" N刀子嘴豆腐心：have a sharp tongue but a soft heart ; s/ g+ V6 |! h2 C: b# D! l
. [; Z- e# \9 `0 S* m+ {# P2. 他是不到黄河不死心。 * L& e# B; R: \% Z( 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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" a Z- W# x8 X& ~( V. V! i5 J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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: Y9 V6 ?/ Z7 \- d6 E3. 十年树木，百年树人。 & [% z" b$ w; w! D( v
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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。
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" J* z! d0 L% e# @5 w. a+ ~ iHe left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of.
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& [* |' b S! ^6 I' s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 D+ s+ z/ g, M) R5. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。
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( n, Z, h5 p4 U$ wThe 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. 2 f3 y: ^; X! V6 Y4 m2 X
& G# K$ g6 J* a- k, {$ Q! D _" XIf you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it. ! r7 R: V) g" ]7 _
6 B% P: L7 Q7 x& O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. & K' ^+ a1 A& C
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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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He racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea.
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" y. D2 |# u7 z8 d7. 这完全是张冠李戴。
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This is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head.
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; ^3 P+ i9 T+ h6 u% E; k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 G2 |5 e/ I0 I9 U$ D+ U0 b" U8. 味道真不错，果然是名不虚传。 6 ~3 q% K0 n) `% h
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It’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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, P8 }/ P$ ]: F Ideserve the reputation one enjoys;
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* O% ?: _( F1 Ylive up to one’s reputation
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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.” $ ?: Y: W( o* s i# ]
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天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out. $ U- W: T' N a% M4 K( h
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10. 他咯咯的笑着说，“这叫做画饼充饥”。 ( Z9 @ V, ?0 V) |# Z) v, y
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He giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.”
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% n4 F8 {) `3 ?: o* a画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions. ! n ]' C2 l L; Q5 _. [
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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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- }/ _% ~. Z4 _, i4 \7 LTom was enrolled as a student, but he was like the fisherman who fishes for three days and suns his net for two. 5 ^ T. Z" R* P$ B
5 ]$ f0 `# H& A. E& D/ h1 ]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. ( J, c$ X1 e' n. D: Q" @& Y8 w% {
0 y8 u8 B! m: C2 ]: ~' M! P, W12. 天下没有不散的宴席。
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All good things must come to end. ) g. z4 F7 U" s& Q6 V% O% \
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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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4 E) B5 d# {) N13. 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。
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With justice on your side, you can go anywhere; without it, you can’t take a step / move an inch. & y `6 ]5 Y! B ~7 R
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扩展：天网恢恢，疏而不漏：Justice has long arms.
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, Q. H+ r& o4 G) }, j7 w* H! b- Q14. 江山易改，本性难移。
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A 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.
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' X! a F% ]* B( ~* V5 P4 ?5 I3 S& N' A15. 吃一堑，长一智。 2 g5 h( X2 e! |4 r0 B$ p% Y
- r9 m5 q% W; x) nA fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit. 6 L8 N% C( P3 j/ ]- C! \* {* w
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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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B0 q/ T2 A) o: o* K: u. fTalk 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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17. 我在当时真的是哭笑不得。
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* h, I. A2 c( b- ^& X+ K' i$ |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 # p- N1 }) H$ k* }5 t/ @1 l9 Z a
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18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。 , M3 ~) P- W6 ^, h7 m T
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He has had a well-thought-out plan before doing it. 8 V6 S/ |$ a* W f. T) j- X! q
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胸有成竹: have a well-thought-out plan, stratagem, etc
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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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The Chinese people feel proud and elated for the great economic development/growth in China. , g2 r) f- e. H6 Q' t4 k# b- I
4 M' T4 D6 g% bThe 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 0 L8 _ F* w+ p% i
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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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1 G% |5 f" @, J: |4 sHe used his influential friends to help him to get into the civil service by/through the back door. |
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