托福口语备考：常见俚语大汇总

在托福写作或托福口语的运用中，很多同学脑海中有许多脍炙人口的俚语，但是却不知其对应的英文表达，下面小编就为大家整理汇总了托福口语中常见的俚语，希望对大家的托福考试有帮助！

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谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man， the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes， God disposes.

弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself

拿手好戏 masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad

抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities

巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can‘t make a fist. One can’t make bricks without straw.

千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

前事不忘后事之师 Past experience， if not forgotten， is a guide for the future.

前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.

前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

强强联手 win-win co-operation

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瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

人之初性本善 Man‘s nature at birth is good.

人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

百闻不如一见 (眼见为实 )Seeing is believing.

比上不足比下有余 worse off than some， better off than many; to fall short of the best， but be better than the worst.

笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.

不眠之夜 white night

不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains， not saddened by personnal losses

不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one‘s best

不打不成交 No discord， no concord.

拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

大开眼界 open one’s eyes; broaden one‘s horizon; be an eye-opener

国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace

过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.

好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore， one prays no more

好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate， while bad news spread far and wide.

和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.

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活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.

既往不咎 let bygones be bygones

金无足赤人无完人 Gold can’t be pure and man can‘t be perfect.

金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.

脚踏实地 be down-to-earth

脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

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