功亏一篑 【翻 译】to fail to build a mound for want of one final basket of earth. [查看全文]
刮目相看 【翻译】Look at someone with a new eye-Treat someone with increased respect. [查看全文]
瓜田李下 【翻译】Pulling On One's Shoe In a Melon Patch, Or Adjusting One's Cap Under A Plum Tree. [查看全文]
郭氏之墟:齐桓公出游途中,来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象,忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。 [查看全文]
害群之马【翻译】The Horse Which Does Harm To The Herd - A Black Sheep. [查看全文]
含沙射影【翻 译】to make oblique charges. [查看全文]
邯郸学步 【翻译】 Imitating Another without Success and Losing What Used to Be One'sOwn Ability. [查看全文]
故事出自《史记•汲郑列传》。成语“后来居上”,往往指后起的可以胜过先前的。和汲黯说这话的原意,大不相同。后来居上 【翻译】The latecomers surpass the oldtimers. [查看全文]
后来人们就用“画饼充饥”这个成语比喻用空想安慰自己,不能解决实际问题。画饼充饥【翻译】Allaying Hunger with Pictures of Cakes. [查看全文]
于是后来“画龙点睛”这个成语用来比喻讲话或写文章画画时,一两句关键的话(画)会使它们立刻生动起来。画龙点睛【翻译】Putting the finishing touch to the picture of a dragon. [查看全文]