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shoot oneself in the foot 搬起石头砸自己的脚
2023-12-07搬起石头砸自己的脚”，中文俗语，字面意思是lift a rock only to drop it on one's own feet”，比喻本来想害别人，结果害了自己（hurt oneself by one's own doing，be hoist with ...
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kick (one) when (one) is down 落井下石
2024-05-01落井下石”，汉语成语，字面意思是drop down a stone on the man who has fallen into a well”，比喻乘人有危难时加以陷害（ to maltreat an injured person; add insult to injury...
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steal others' ideas 拾人牙慧
2023-12-07拾人牙慧”是一个汉语成语，比喻拾取别人的一言半语当作自己的话（pick up phrases from somebody and pass them off as one's own），也比喻窃取别人的语言和文字（steal others' ideas/sayings）,...
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good weather for the crops 风调雨顺
2023-12-07风调雨顺”，汉语成语，字面意思是seasonable weather with gentle breeze and timely rain”，形容风雨适合农作物生长（good weather for the crops），亦可喻指天下安宁，常与国泰民安”一起出现。...
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此地无银三百两”，字面意思是No 300 taels of silver buried here”，比喻一个人想要把事情隐瞒掩饰，结果反而暴露（A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his...
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work hard but to no avail 竹篮打水一场空
2023-12-07竹篮打水一场空”，成语，又作竹篮打水（draw water with a bamboo basket ─ all in vain），比喻白费力气，没有效果，劳而无功（work hard but to no avail；a fruitless attempt）。例句：到头来，竹篮打水一场空...
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gain notoriety by shocking statements 哗众取宠
2023-12-07哗众取宠”，汉语成语，意思是以浮夸的言行迎合大众，骗取大众的信赖和支持（court people's favour by saying something impressive; gain notoriety by shocking statements）。含贬义，形容轻浮好虚荣...
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recommit the same error 重蹈覆辙
2023-12-07重蹈覆辙”，字面意思是重新走上翻过车的老路（ follow the tracks of an overturned cart）”，辙”表示车轮辗过的痕迹（ the track of a wheel）”。比喻不吸取教训，再走失败的老路，可以翻译为reco...
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班门弄斧”，意思是在鲁班门前舞弄斧子（show off one's proficiency with the axe before Lu Ban， the master carpenter）”。比喻在行家面前卖弄本领，不自量力（show off in the pres...
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very fruitful 卓有成效
2023-12-07卓有成效”，汉语成语，意思是形容有突出的成绩和效果，也指做事效率很高，办事方式很有效果。可以翻译为very fruitful，highly effective”等。例句：进行卓有成效的会谈Hold a productive talk with somebody工作卓有成效Ha...