city welfare employees  城市福利部门的雇员

work-in 消极怠工行为

汉语重意，英语重形。

将英语的抽象名词具体化，而汉语的具体词语抽象化。

拦路虎 obstacles

反动派 reactionaries

木已成舟 The die is cast.

笨蛋 dumb bell

水底捞月 fish in the air

山穷水尽 to be at the end of one's rope

味同嚼蜡 as dry as sawdust

Every life has its roses and thorns.

stick to one's last 安分守己

keep sth under one's hat 保密

eat one's heart out 极痛悲痛

be in sb's pocket 被人操纵

eat like a bird 吃得极少

顺手牵羊 walk off with sth

守株待兔 trust to chance and stroke of luck

a rolling stone 见异思迁的人

Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 欲加其罪，何患无词。

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