好高骛远 hitch one s wagon to a star. gace at the moon and fall into the gutter. vaulting ambition that overleaps itself. eg：you must not hitch your wagon to a star when you make your plan for your future. 同义词：想人非非 to...

汗流渎背 all of a muck of sweat. drenched with sweat. in a sweat. perspire profusely. eg：we have to carry out such a major project with all of a muck of sweat. 中英俚语俗语来源：后汉书伏皇后纪：操去，顾左右，汗流...

含糊其词 hum and ha. beat about the bush. eg：he is soft-spoken in explaining why he did so. 同义词：支吾其词 speak with ones tongue in ones cheek. 反义词：毫不含糊 make no bones of....

害群之马 one scabbed (sickly) sheep infects a whole flock. the rotten apple injures its neighbour. bad egg of the community. eg：that naughty boy is the black sheep of the family. 中英俚语俗语来源：庄子：夫为天下者，亦...

行行出状元 everyone can reach the top of the ladder. there are many ways to fame. in every art it is good to have a master. eg：working hard and with determination , everyone can reach the top of the ladder in ones trade....

过犹不及 overdone is worse than underdone. the archer who overshoots misses as well as he that falls short. in excess nectar poisons. he that makes a thing too fine breaks it. eg：you must not push your way too hard in the world as ove...

过眼云烟 a flash in the pan. ephemeral grandeur. eg：the publics enthusiasm to the plan turned out to be a flash in the pan. 中英俚语俗语来源：苏轼宝绘堂记：譬之烟云之过眼，百鸟之感耳。 同义词：昙花一...

过目不忘 have a memory like an elephant. a photographic memory. eg：the boy has a memory like an elephant, he can tell you what happened in that period. 中英俚语俗语来源：晋书苻融传：持融下笔成章，耳闻则诵，过...

裹足不前 fight shy of. at a standstill. drag ones heels. eg：the shy girl hung back and refused to participate in the contest. 中英俚语俗语来源：李斯 谏逐客书：使天下之士，退而不敢西向，裹足不人秦。 同...

鬼鬼祟祟 up to some hangky-pangky. hole-and-corner. eg：the boy sneaked out his room up to some hangky-panky late in the night. 同义词：偷偷摸摸 on the sly. 反义词：光明磊落 to be open and aboveboard....