100个成语俗语英文翻译(3)

　　41 —强龙难压地头蛇

　　The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.

　　42 —瑞雪兆丰年

　　A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year

　　43 —人逢喜事精神爽

　　People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.

　　44 —世上无难事，只怕有心人

　　Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　45 —世外桃源

　　a retreat away from the turmoil of the world

　　46 —人之初，性本善

　　Humans are born good.

　　47 —上有天堂，下有苏杭

　　Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

　　48 塞翁失马，焉知非福

　　a blessing in disguise;Every cloud has a silver lining.

　　49— 三十而立

　　A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

　　50 —水涨船高

　　A ship rises with the tide

　　51 —时不我待

　　Time and tide wait for no man.

　　52 —杀鸡用牛刀

　　use a steam-hammer to crack nuts

　　53— 实事求是

　　seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

　　54 —说曹操，曹操到

　　speak of the devil

　　55— 实话实说

　　speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　56 —实践是检验真理的唯一标准

　　Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　57— 韬光养晦

　　hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　58 —糖衣炮弹

　　sugar-coated bullets

　　59 —天有不测风云

　　Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　60 —团结就是力量

　　Unity is strength.

（编辑：赵宁）