当机立断 Fish or cut bait Take the bull by the horns. To think on ones feet. Quick to act. eg：Take action at this critical moment should be a to fish or cut bait decision. 中英俚语俗语来源：文选陈琳答东阿王笺：拂钟无...

胆小如鼠 As timid as a mouse. Cannot say 800 to a goose. Afraid of ones own shadow. Have ones heart in a nutshell. To be chicken-hearted. As timid as a rabbit. eg：She is as timid as a mouse and does not know how to answer the question...

大智若愚 No man can play the fool so well as the wise man. He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion. eg：Silent man, like still waters run deep and dangerous. 中英俚语俗语来源：老子：大智若愚。 同义词...

大相径庭 The opposite. At odds with. At loggerheads. eg：There is not a thing they have in commonin thought and ideas they are poles apart. 中英俚语俗语来源：庄子迫遥游：大有径庭，不近人情。...

大显身手 Have the field to oneself. To try ones hand. Show ones metal(mettle). Have the field before one. eg：James played the game and had the field to himself. 反义词：冷眼旁观 To be outside the ropes....

大同小异 Much of a muchness. Theres not a pin to choose between them. eg：John and Robert dressed much of a muchness. 中英俚语俗语来源：唐卢同玉川子诗集与马异结交：同不同，异自异，是谓大同而小异。...

大势已去 The day( field) is lost. Come out of the little end of the horn. Thursday comes，and the week is gone. eg：The captain saw that the ship began to sink and knew that the day is lost. 反义词：如日中天 The goose hang hig...

大煞风景 A wet blanket. A fly in the ointment. Take all the fun out of. eg：His cruel remarks puts a wet blanket on the party. 中英俚语俗语来源：李义山杂篡：其一曰煞风景，谓清泉灌足，花上晒裤，背山起楼...

大器晚成 The best fruits are slowest in ripening. eg：Dont push the boy too hard. Rome was not built in a day. 中英俚语俗语来源：老子：大方无隅，大器晚成。 同义词：十年树木，百年树人 A skill is not ac...

大开眼界 Open a persons eyes. Broaden ones horizon. See the elephant. An eye-opener. eg：Travelling opens a persons eyes to the outside world. 反义词：鼠目寸光 See no further than ones nose....