Idioms for IELTS
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"Fire is a good servant but a bad master"
- ng a vi la
"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
- ng ni ny trng ni n
"When in the Rome, do as the Romans do"
- Nhp gia tu tc
"Old friends and old wine are best"
- Bn c bn tt , ru c ru ngon
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
- Ni c sch, mch c chng
"Actions speak louder than words"
- Lm hay hn ni
"Behind every great man, there is a great woman "
- Thun v thun chng tt bin ng cng cn
"He who laughs today may weep tomorrow"
- Ci ngi ch vi ci lu. Ci ngi hm trc hm sau ngi ci.
"Man proposes, God disposes"
- Mu s ti nhn, thnh s ti thin
"One good turn deserves another"
- hin gp lnh
"A rolling stone gathers no moss "
- Nht ngh tinh, nht thn vinh/Trm hay khng bng tay quen
"A miss is as good as a mile"
- Sai mt ly i mt dm
"A flow will have an ebb"
- Sng c khc ngi c lc
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune"
- C cng mi st c ngy nn kim
"Love is blind"
- Yu nhau qu i nn m, tnh ra mi bit k ch ngi ci
"A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit"
- D ha vi qu
"Great minds think alike"
- Ch ln thng gp nhau
"You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours "
- C qua c li mi toi lng nhau
"A good wife makes a good husband"
- V khn ngoan lm quan cho chng
"Grasp all, lose all"
- Tham th thm
"A blessing in disguise"
- Trong ci ri c ci may
"Where there's life, there's hope"
- Cn nc cn tt
"Birds of a feather flock together"
- Ngu tm ngu, m tm m
"Necessity is the mother of invention"
- Ci kh l ci khn
"One scabby sheep is enough to spoil the whole flock"
- Con su lm ru ni canh
"Together we can change the world"
- Mt cy lm chng nn non, ba cy chm li nn hn ni cao
"Every cloud has a silver lining"
- Trong ha c phc
"Send the fox to mind the geese"
- Giao trng cho c
"As poor as a church mouse"
- Ngho rt mng ti
"To be on cloud nine"
- Hnh phc nh trn my
"A bad begining makes a good ending "
- u xui, ui lt
"There's no smoke without fire"
- Khng c la sao c khi
"Love me, love my dog. "
- Yu ngi yu c ng i, ght ngi ght c tng ti h hng
"It is the first step that costs"
- Vn s khi u nan
"A friend in need is a friend indeed"
- Gian nan mi hiu lng ngi
"Rats desert a falling house"
- Chy nh mi ra mt chut
"Tit For Tat"
- n ming tr ming
"Opportunities are hard to seize"
- Thi qua i, c hi kh tm
"New one in, old one out"
- C mi, ni c
"Ring out the old, ring in the new"
- Tng cu nghnh tn
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
- Th rng c s trn tay, cn hn c ha trn my hc vng
"Where there is a will, there is a way"
- Ni no c ch, ni c con ng
"In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty"
- Giu sang nhiu k ti nh, kh khn nn ni rut r xa nha
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"
- m cua trong l
"Make hay while the sun shines"
- Vic hm nay ch ngy mai
"Handsome is as handsome does"
- Tt g hn tt nc sn
"Bitter pills may have blessed effects "
- Thuc ng d tt
"Courtesy costs nothing"
- Li ni chng mt tin mua, la li m ni cho va lng nhau
"Cleanliness is next to godliness"
- Nh sch th mt, bt sch ngon cm
"Cut your coat according to your cloth"
- Liu cm gp mm
"Cross the stream where it is shallowest"
- Lm ngi phi n phi o, phi cn nng nh phi d nng su
"Love me little, love me long"
- Cng thm th cng chng phai, thoang thong hoa nhi cng m thm lu
"Nightingales will not sing in a case"
- Th lm chim s trn cnh, cn hn sng kip hong oanh trong lng
"Never say die"
- Ch thy sng c m ng tay cho
"Constant dripping wears away stone "
- Nc chy mn
"Men make houses, women make homes"
- n ng xy nh, n b xy t m
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating"
- ng di mi bit nga hay
"So many men, so many minds"
- Chn ngi, mi
"Fine words butter no parsnips"
- C thc mi vc c o
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
- Lm thy nhiu ma
"Carry coals to Newcastle"
- Ch ci v rng
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"
- Phi thng bt ph
"Still waters run deep"
- Tm ngm tm ngm m m cht voi
"Make your enemy your friend"
- Ha th thnh bn
"Stronger by rice, daring by money "
- Mnh v go, bo v tin
"Words must be weighed, not counted"
- Un li by ln trc khi ni
"Never do things by halves "
- n n ni, lm n chn
"Fire proves gold, adversity proves men"
- La th vng, gian nan th sc
"Live on the fat of the land"
- Ngi mt n bt vng
"Empty vessels make the most sound"
- Thng rng ku to
"Words are but Wind"
- Li ni gi bay
"Make a mountain out of a molehill"
- Vic b x to
"When the blood sheds, the heart aches "
- Mau chay, rut mm
"Every Jack has his Jill"
- Ni no vung ny/Ngu tm ngu, m tm m/Rau no su ny
"More haste, less speed"
- Gic tc bt t
"Don't let the fox guard the hen house"
- Giao trng cho c
"Beauty dies and fades away"
- Ci nt nh cht ci p
"The higher you climb, the greater you fall"
- Tro cao t au
"The higher you climb, the greater you fall"
- Tro cao t au
"Walls have ears"
- Tai vch mch rng
"Silence is golden"
- Im lng l vng
"He who excuses himself, accuses himself "
- C tt git mnh
"So much to do, so little done"
- Lc bt tng tm
"Prevention is better than cure"
- Phng bnh hn cha bnh
"Beating around the bush"
- Vng vo tam quc
"Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you "
- Sinh s, s sinh
"United we stand, divided we fall "
- on kt th sng, chia r th cht
"A fault confessed is half redressed"
- Bit nhn li l sa c li
"Calamity is man's true touchstone "
- V hon nn bt anh hng
"A word is enough to a wise "
- Ngi khn ni t hiu nhiu
"Every little helps "
- Gp gi thnh bo
"Diamond cut diamond"
- V qut dy c mng tay nhn
"No bees, no honey; no work, no money "
- Tay lm hm nhai, tay quai ming tr
"A penny saved, a penny gained"
- ng tin tit kim l ng tin kim c
"In for a penny, in for a pound "
- c voi i tin
"Everything is good in its season "
- Mng moc co la, ngi ta co thi
"Adversity brings wisdom"
- Ci kh l ci khn
"Look before you leap"
- Cn tc v u
"A rolling stone gathers no moss"
- Mt ngh th sng, ng ngh th cht
"Poverty parts friends"
- Giu sang lm k li nh, kh nm gia ch chng ma no tm
"Too much knowledge makes the head bald "
- Bit nhiu chng gi
"Ill-gotten, ill-spent"
- Ca thin, tr a
"Easy come, easy go"
- D c, d mt
"Man proposes, god disposes"
- Mu s ti nhn, thnh s ti thin
"It is the first step that counts"
- Vn s khi u nan
"A flow will have an ebb"
- Sng c khc, ngi c lc
"Words are but Wind"
- Li ni gi bay
"Empty vessels make most sound"
- Thng rng ku to
"Fire proves gold, adversity proves men"
- La th vng, gian nan th sc
"Stronger by rice, daring by money"
- Mnh v go, bo v tin
"Lucky at cards, unlucky in love"
- en tnh, bc
"Speech is silver, but silence is golden"
- Li ni l bc, im lng l vng
"We reap as we sow"
- Bng lm, d chu/Gieo gi gp bo
"Laughter is the best medicine"
- Mt n ci bng mi thang thuc b
"Neck or nothing"
- Khng vo hang cp sao bt c cp con
"A clean hand wants no washing"
- Cy ngay khng s cht ng
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
- Gy ng p lng ng / n ming tr ming
"Make hay while the sun shines"
- Vic hm nay ch ngy mai
"Blood is thicker than water"
- Mt git mu o hn ao nc l