Proverb answers (61-80)
Posted by: cyanchin on: August 28, 2009
This proverb learning is coming to the end. Keep on learning. See you at school.
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Idioms or proverbs |
Chinese equivalents |
| 61. |
To fish in trouble water. |
混水摸魚 |
| 62. |
As fit as a fiddle. |
稱心如意 |
| 63. |
Those who flatter in the face speak evil behind the back. |
面譽背毀 |
| 64. |
A flash in the pan. |
曇花一現 |
| 65. |
To make one’s flesh creep. |
不寒而慄 |
| 66. |
To fly at higher games. /Give him an inch, he will take all. |
得寸進尺 |
| 67. |
A fly in the ointment. |
美中不足 |
| 68. |
Fry in one’s own grease. /If you make your bed, so you lie on it. |
作法自斃 /自作自受 |
| 69. |
A gate-crusher. |
不速之客 |
| 70. |
A gift is cheap, but love is dear. |
千里送鵝毛，物輕情義重 |
| 71. |
God helps those who help themselves. |
天助自助 |
| 72. |
God’s mill goes slowly but it grinds well. |
天網恢恢，疏而不漏 |
| 73. |
Golden rule. |
金科玉律 |
| 74. |
Gory is the shadow of virtue. |
善有善報 |
| 75. |
Great minds think alike. |
英雄所見略同 |
| 76. |
No one ever gets indigestion eating humble pie. |
滿招損，謙受益 |
| 77. |
Every Jack has his Jill. |
物各有偶 |
| 78. |
To give one’s nose to the grinding stone. |
埋頭苦幹 |
| 79. |
To kill two birds with one stone. |
一石二鳥 /一矢雙鵰 |
| 80. |
It is never late to mend. |
回頭是岸 /亡羊補牢，未為晚也 |
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January 14, 2010 at 7:37 am
on #65, shouldn’t it be “flesh”?
January 16, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Yes, you’re quite right. Thanks for reminding me the mistake.