成语

Be too late for regrets and lamentations; cry over spilt milk; Regret will not mend matters.

成语叹息和后悔已经来不及了。例句否则，因循坐误，责有攸归；全国丧亡，～。（毛泽东《为动员一切力量争取抗战胜利而斗争

We all know the phrase "howling at the moon" is not a commendatoryterm, but the British one dairy farmer Rob Taverner do not think so.

"对牛弹琴"的成语大家都明白并不是一个褒义词，但英国一个奶牛场的农夫Rob Taverner却不这么认为。

These examples show that all the numbers, including integers, fraction, decimal and number of words in different notation, have entered the idiom.

这些例证说明，所有的数字，包括整数、分数、小数和数目字的不同表示法，都进入了成语。

A far-sighted plan that goes deep into the most probable changes in the years to come; The plan is deep-laid in terms of the distant future.

成语计：计谋。虑：考虑。计谋想得很深远。例句然而～，非见王师则未肯轻发。（宋·辛弃疾《美芹十论·详战

I am tearing my hair out – an idiom for despairing.

我在撕开我的头发——关于绝望的成语。

This idiom, do not praise to do not devaluate apparently, just spoke a kind of phenomenon.

这个成语，似乎不褒不贬，只是说出了一种现象而已。

Touch the metal and turn it into gold -- turn a piece of poor writing into a literary gem; turn a crude essay into a literary gem; the golden touch in writing by dexterous use of words

成语原指古代方士能用丹药将铁点化成金子；现多比喻修改文章、绘画或摘引词句略加改动即成佳作妙语。也比喻教师善于开导学生。例句文字编辑要能有～的功夫；许多来稿就不会扔到纸篓里了。

However the origin of the phrase 'the dog days of summer' comes from this ancient belief - the 'dog star' being the root of this common saying!

然而成语'夏季狗天'就源自这古老的信念-'犬星'就是这俗谚的根源！

Friends are often made after a fight.; From an exchange of blows friendship grows.; No acquaintance is made without a fight.; No discord, no concord.; Out of blows friendship grows.

成语指经过交手，彼此了解，结交起来就更投合。例句你两个今番却做个至交的弟兄。常言道："～。"（明·施耐庵《水浒全传》第三十八回

The main idea of experientialism is that language reflects the concepts in human mind; our embodiment experiences help us achieve many kinds of cognitive models including conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy, image schema, and frame; these cognitive models are reflected in our linguistic expressions like the idioms.This paper focuses on three kinds of semantic motivations: metaphor, metonymy and general knowledge.

经验主义认知观认为语言反映了人们根据经验在头脑中形成的概念；人们根据共同的经验形成了各种各样的概念结构，包括隐喻概念，转喻概念，意象图示，框架，情景等，这些概念结构通过语言形式表达出来，成语就是其中一种。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。