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Expert Joined: Oct 30, 2008 Posts: 91

I hope you guys would enjoy them ^__^
1. Live not to eat, but eat to live
>>> Sống không phải để ăn nhưng ăn để sống

2. The longest day must have an end
>>> Ngày dài nhất cũng phải qua đi

3. Make the best of a bad job
>>> Phải biết chấp nhận hoàn cảnh

4. A man can only die once
>>> Ai cũng phải chết một lần

5. Marriage are made in Heaven
>>> Hôn nhân là do trời định

6. Men are blind in their own cause
>>> Con người mù quáng vì niềm tin của mình

7. Men make houses, Women make home
>>> Đàn ông xây nhà, Đàn bà xây tổ ấm

8. Might is right
>>> Lẽ phải thuộc về kẻ mạnh

9. Money talks
>>> Đồng tiền biết nói

10. Necessity is the mother of invention
>>> Cái khó ló cái khôn

11. Barking dogs seldom bite
>>> Sủa ít khi cắn

Junior Joined: Mar 31, 2011 Posts: 15

Very interesting. Thanks in advance. Very Happy

Senior Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Posts: 25

i have found some idioms that you can find interesting. they are the idioms that i think we usually use in daily life.

• Ăn chắc mặc bền = Comfort is better than pride
• Bụt chùa nhà không thiêng = No man is a hero to his valet
• Có chí thì nên = Where there is a will, there is a way.
• Dục tốc bất đạt = Haste makes waste.
• Đoàn kết thì sống, chia rẽ thì chết. = United we stand, divided we fall
• Gậy ông đập lưng ông / ăn miếng trả miếng = An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
• Hữu xạ tự nhiên hương. = Good wine needs no bush
• Im lặng tức là đồng ý. = Silence gives consent
• Không ai giàu ba họ, không ai khó ba đời. = Every dog has his day.
• Lời nói là bạc, im lặng là vàng = Speech is silver, but silence is gold
• Một nụ cười bằng mười thang thuốc bổ. = Laugh and grow fat. / Laughter is the best medicine.
• Người đẹp vì lụa = Clothes make the man
• Ở hiền gặp lành. = One good turn deserves another
• Phi thương,bất phú = Nothing ventures, nothing gains
• Suy bụng ta ra bụng người. = A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
• Trí lớn thường gặp nhau = Great minds think alike
• Xem việc biết người. = Judge a man by his work
• Yêu nên tốt, ghét nên xấu. = Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• Vạn sự khởi đầu nan. = It is the first step that counts

Hope you will like them ^-^

Junior Joined: Mar 17, 2010 Posts: 11

The topic is really interesting. Here are some more English idioms.
• As dump as an oyster: câm như hến
• When in Rome, do as the Romans do: nhập gia tùy tục
• When candles are out, all cats are grey: tắt đèn nhà ngói cũng như nhà tranh
• Pride comes/goes before a fall hay pride will have a fall: trèo cao ngã đau
• To close one's eyes to sth: nhắm mắt làm ngơ
• To be over head and ears in debts: nợ ngập đầu, nợ như chúa chổm
• As changeable as the weather: hay thay đổi như thời tiết
• More dead than alive: thừa sống thiếu chết
• Sleep like a log/top: ngủ say như chết
• As red as a beetroot: đỏ như gấc

Senior Joined: Mar 17, 2010 Posts: 34

I also have some common expressions that we often use in everyday life:
1. Soon hot, soon cold : Cả thèm chóng chán.

2. The pen is mightier than the sword : Bút sa gà chết .

3. Keep a white elephant: Bỏ thì thương, vương thì tội.

4. The less said the better: Biết thì thưa thớt , không biết thì dựa cột mà nghe.

5. Stop harping on the same string: biết rồi, khổ lắm, nói mãi.

6. Prevention is better than cure: phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh.

7. All covet, all lose: tham thì thâm.

8. Better luck next time: thua keo này bày keo khác.

9. Turn the tables: tương kế tựu kế.

10. Fresh as a daisy: tươi như hoa. Smile

Junior Joined: Sep 14, 2011 Posts: 16

I love idioms, both in English and in Vietnamese. I find that idioms can help us to express ourselves in a way that is more effectively and professionally.
Smile

I want to add some more idioms for you to use :

+A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted = 1 kẻ ngốc không giữ được tiền lâu
Example: "Her husband can't seem to hold onto any amount of money; he either spends it or loses it. A fool and his money are easily parted."
+Actions Speak Louder Than Words = hành động có giá trị hơn lời nói
"Don't tell me how to do this; show me! Actions speak louder than words."
+Rub Salt In An Old Wound = Xát muối vào vết thương chưa lành
"Oh please, let's not rub salt in old wounds!"
+The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back = giọt nước làm tràn ly
"You've been rude to me all day, and I've had it. That's the last straw!"
+Let Sleeping Dogs Lie = đừng gợi lại những chuyện không hay
"I wanted to ask her what she thought of her ex-husband, but I figured it was better to let sleeping dogs lie."

Senior Joined: Jun 04, 2009 Posts: 32

In spite of the difference in culture between Vietnamese and English, some English idioms are similar to Vietnamese ones and it helps us to learn those more easily (as slippery as an eel = tron nhu luon..)

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