新托福写作中常用的123个中国成语

81.唯利是图 draw water to one's mill

82.无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

83.无中生有 make create something out of nothing

84.无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

85.徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

86.新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean

87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88.蓄势而发 accumulate strength for a take-off

89.心想事成 May all your wish come true.

90.心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

91.先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92.先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

93.像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

94.现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

95.息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters

96.喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

97.循序渐进 step by step

98.一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

99.严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

100.鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey; a land flowing with milk and honey

101.有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.

102.有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go; Money talks.

103.有识之士 people of vision

104.有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain

105.有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

106.与时俱进 advance with times

107.以人为本 people oriented; people foremost

108.因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude

109.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.

110.欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.

111.优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest

112.英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.

113.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.

114.冤假错案 cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases

115.一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.

116.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful

117.债台高筑 become debt-ridden

118.致命要害 Achilles' heel

119.众矢之的 target of public criticism

120.知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

121.纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist

122.左右为难 between the devil and the deep blue sea

123.纸包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later.