虚有其表唐中书舍人萧嵩长大多髯。玄宗欲以苏颋为相命嵩起草诏书。既成不中玄宗之意，掷其稿于地，曰：“虚有其表耳。”事见唐郑处诲《明皇杂录》。后因称徒有外表没有实学为“虚有其表”。[查看详情]

死得其所人死得有意义、有价值。例我们为人民而死就是死得其所。——毛泽东《为人民服务》英die a worth death;[查看详情]

上下其手玩弄手法串通作弊。英practise fraud; league together for some evil end;[查看详情]

物伤其类比喻因同伙受打击而悲伤。原指动物因同类遭不幸而哀伤。英all beings grieve for the fellow beings; animals grieve for thir fellow creatures;[查看详情]

三缄其口形容说话极其谨慎、不轻易开口。英speak with caution; absolute refusal to talk with one's mouth sealed more than once;[查看详情]

徒有其表唐郑处诲《明皇杂录》徒有其表释义是空有其外表不实在。出自唐郑处诲《明皇杂录》。[查看详情]

闪烁其词形容说话吞吞吐吐、躲躲闪闪不肯说出真相和要害。英speak evasively;[查看详情]

自食其言自己说出的话不算数。比喻不守信用。英break one's promise;[查看详情]

自食其果指自己做了错事自己承受坏的后果。英eat one’s own bitter fruit; reap what one has sown; boomerang;[查看详情]

任其自然随人或事物的自然发展变化不加干涉。英let things take their own course;[查看详情]

听其自然任凭事情发展不作任何努力。英let things take their own course; leave enough alone; let matters stand; take the world as one finds it;[查看详情]

夸大其词说过头话。英puff sth.up; make an overstatement;写过头话。例时常夸大其词。英over write;[查看详情]

坐享其成自己不劳动只是坐着受用他人辛劳的收获。英sit idle and enjoy the fruits of other’s work; reap where one has not sown;[查看详情]

果不其然见“果然”例我说：“姑老爷今非昔比少不得有人把银子送上门来……”今日果不其然。——《儒林外史》英really; just as one would expect;[查看详情]

投其所好投合他人心意中所喜好的。例一听素臣之言投其所好，心窝中一阵奇痒。——《野叟曝言》英cater to another's pleasure; hit on what sb. likes;[查看详情]

自得其乐自己体会到其中的乐趣。[查看详情]

两全其美做事照顾到双方成全两个方面使两方都满意。例与他个两全其美出去便出去，还与他肚里生下一个根儿。——《西游记》英eat one's cake and have it; satisfy both sides; satisfy rival claims; to the satisfaction of both parties;[查看详情]

出其不意趁对方没有意料到突然采取行动。例攻其无备出其不意。此兵家之胜，不可先传也。——《孙子计篇》英do stb.when people are off guard;[查看详情]

自食其力凭自己的劳动养活自己。例离开这个国家…在英国自食其力。英earn one's own living; live on one's own labour;[查看详情]

莫名其妙原义是：没有谁能说出其中的奥妙来有称赞意。现在则用以形容事情的稀奇古怪难以理解。英be unable to make head or tail of something;[查看详情]