成语本来是大众口头上或古今人士的著作中使用的语言材料，在日常生活中得到的广泛使用。汉语成语和英语成语有着类似的产生和发展的背景，几乎每一个汉语成语都能够找到相应的英语表达，这对于使用英语进行交流和沟通非常重要，尤其可以增强英语写作的技巧。

爱爱相声love begets love

爱屋及乌love me ,love my dog

安分守己let not the cobbler go beyond his last

按部就班 step after step the ladderis ascended

八面玲珑 dance and sing all weathers

百无聊赖 the day is long to him who knows not how to use it

班门弄斧 teach fish to swim

半途而废 do by halves

半信半疑 half in doubt

本末倒置 put the cart before the horse

本性难移 the leopard cannot change its spots

笨鸟先飞 the early bird catches the worm

比比皆是 here and there and everywhere

毕恭毕敬 cap in hand

兵贵神速 speed is the soldier’s asset

不耻下问 be not above asking questions

不可救药 beyond remedy

不识抬举 bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre

不学无术 learn not and know not

不翼而飞 vanish from sight

不择手段 by hook or by crook

沉默是金 speech is silver, but silence is golden