英譯：
creations of Cadmus
例句：
I can never imagine that the sons and daughters would attack one another like the creations of Cadmus in the presence of their dying father. (我無法想像這些兒女們竟在他們那垂死的老父親面前互相攻擊，兄弟鬩牆)
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英譯：
rob Peter to pay Paul
例句：
It’s very unwise to rob Peter to pay Paul. (拆東牆補西牆是非常不明智的)
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is quite common during economic downturn. (經濟衰退期間，以債養債的情況頗為普遍)
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英譯：
one swallow doesn’t make a summer
例句：
When you say that one swallow does not make a summer, what you mean is that just because something good has happened, it doesn’t mean good things will continue to happen. (當你說「一燕不成夏」時，你的意思就是一事成功並非萬事大吉)
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英譯：
set a thief to catch a thief
例句：
The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud. (政府以毒攻毒，雇用了一名曾因詐欺被判刑的股票經紀人來誘使那位涉嫌詐欺、正受到調查的股票經紀人自投羅網)
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英譯：
(on) the straight and narrow
例句：
The police were surprised that such a trustworthy man, who had kept to the straight and narrow all his life, had committed such a high crime. (這樣一個一生循規蹈矩，值得信任的人，竟然犯下如此重大罪行，讓警方感到非常驚訝)
Lashing out at your children isn’t ideal behavior for keeping them on the straight and narrow. (要使你的小孩循規蹈矩，嚴斥並非理想的作法)
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英譯：
honesty is the best policy
例句：
Mary: I borrowed Jane’s white blouse without asking her, and then I spilled tomato sauce on it. Should I tell her what happened, or should I just put the blouse back in her closet and hope she won’t notice? Teresa: Honesty is the best policy. (瑪麗：我沒先問珍就借了她的白襯衫，後來我把蕃茄醬弄在襯衫上。我該告訴她實情，還是就把襯衫放回她的衣櫥，希望她沒注意到呢? 泰瑞莎：誠實才是上策)
When I was a young boy, my father usually said that honesty was the best policy. (在我小時候，我父親經常說，誠實才是上策)
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英譯：
the pen is mightier than the sword
例句：
Why not give up sword and take up pen? The pen is mightier than the sword for many times. (為什麼不「投戎從筆」呢? 文字的力量可是勝於武力好多倍啊!)
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons. (不管誰說筆桿子比槍桿子更厲害，他肯定沒遭遇過自動武器)
— General Douglas MacArthur (麥克阿瑟將軍)
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英譯：
(nearly, almost, etc.) split/burst one’s sides (with laughter)
例句：
The members of the audience almost split their sides with laughter. (觀眾幾乎笑破了肚皮)
They nearly burst their sides when I told them my reason for being late. (當我說出我遲到的原因時，他們幾乎笑翻了天)
When I heard what happened to Patricia, I almost split my sides. (當我聽到派翠西亞所發生的事情時，我幾乎捧腹大笑)
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英譯：
be hoist with one’s own petard
例句：
The criminal was hoist with his own petard when he tried to kill his wife, because he accidently drank the poison that he intended to give to her. (這個罪犯想謀殺他的妻子，但害人反害已，因為他誤喝了他打算給妻子喝的毒藥)
The most enjoyable moment in any action film occurs when the villain is hoist with his own petard. (動作片中最令人雀躍的時刻就是壞人自食惡果的時候)
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英譯：
an Aunt Sally
例句：
A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. (早期一些受到尊崇的制度，現在已成了這一代的眾矢之的)
Any public figure risks being made an Aunt Sally by the press. (任何公眾人物都有成為新聞界的眾矢之的的風險)
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