天長地久——as old as the hills
膽小如鼠——as timid as a hare
坦然自若——as cool as a cucumber
水中撈月——to fish in the air
苦如黃連——as bitter as wormwood
雞皮疙瘩——goose-flesh
旁觀者清——The onlooker sees most of the game
豔如桃李——as red as rose
狐假虎威——ass in the lion's skin
物以類聚——Birds of a feather flock together
非驢非馬——Neither fish, nor flesh, nor fowl.
如釋重負——to take a load off one's mind
揮金如土——to spend money like water
弱不禁風——as weak as water
瞬息之間——in the twinkle of an eye
淚如泉湧——a stream of tears
甕中之鼈——a rat in a hole
揚眉吐氣——to hold one's head high
一針見血——to touch one on the raw
不翼而飛——to take wings to itself
小題大做——to make mountains out of molehills
格格不入——a square peg in a round hole
山窮水盡——at the end of one's rope
冷若冰霜——as cold as a marble
半斤八兩——six of one and half a dozen of the other
胸有成竹——to have a card up one's sleeve
孤注一擲——to put all one's eggs in one basket
紙上談兵——armchair strategy
白費口舌——to speak to the wind
同行相嫉——Two of a trade can never agree.
一文不名——without a penny to one's name
收回前言——to eat one's words
令人毛骨悚然——to make one's hair stand on end
人身攻擊——personal remark
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