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　　英语成语故事篇一：塞翁失马

　　During the warring states period, near the northern border town, there lived an old man, named saiweng. Saiweng kept many horses, one day, his herd suddenly lost a horse. Neighbors heard the matter came to comfort, to persuade him not too try so hard, the age, pay more attention to the body. Encourage saiweng see someone and smiled said: "lost a horse loss is not big, what might bring blessing?"

　　Neighbors saiweng words, the in the mind feel very funny. Lost horse, it is a bad thing, but he thought maybe is a good thing, is clearly a comfort themselves. A few days later, lost horse automatically return home not only, also brought back a xiongnu horse horse.

　　Neighbors heard, prediction about the saiweng admire, congratulate the sai wong said, "or do you have the foresight to horse did not throw, also brought back a good horse, a blessing." Congratulations saiweng listened to the neighbor, but don't have any happy appearance, said anxiously: "has got a good horse, not necessarily what is good and maybe what trouble."

　　The neighbors thought he posturing is the cunning of old people. Clearly happy in my heart, deliberately did not speak out.

　　Saiweng is an only child, like horse riding very much. He found the back of the horse looks, look long big hooves, scream loud, fat fierce god jun, a see will know that is a good horse. Every day he rode to travel, in the heart complacent.

　　One day, he happily too far, the horse ran, a staggered and fell from his horse and broke his leg. The neighbors heard, in succession to sympathy.

　　Break saiweng said: "it's nothing, leg live their lives, may be a blessing." The neighbors thought he again in nonsense. They can't figure out, what might be the blessing broke his leg. Soon, the huns army invading, young men were drafted into the army, because saiweng's son broke his leg, can't go to the army. Enlist youth all died, but saiweng's son saved lives.

　　英语成语故事篇二：纸上谈兵

　　During the warring states period, zhao general Zhao Sha (hebei handan people) once more with less, trounced the invasion of qin, promoted to king of Zhao Huiwen ShangQing.

　　He has a son named zhao enclosed, pore art since childhood, mouth love talk about military, other people but he often said. In 259 BC, the qin and pounce, zhao in changping (now shanxi gaoping county near) adhere to the enemies.

　　Lian Po is responsible for the army command, prevented qin win. Qin to use double agent, and sent to the spread of zhao "qin, the son of the most feared Zhao Sha zhao general enclosed". Is deceived prince of zhao, zhao replaced lian Po enclosed.

　　Zhao enclosed die ask for help of the book, completely changed the operational scheme of lian Po, the results were more than forty zhao do annihilated, he himself repeatedly shot dead.

　　英语成语故事篇三：闻鸡起舞

　　Jin dynasty zu ti was a bosom is magnanimous, of aspiration. But he is a reading as a child naughty children. Into the youth, he realizes that his knowledge poverty, deeply without reading beyond serve my country, so hard to read the book. He widely read books and study history, to learn a wealth of knowledge, learning very well. He several times in and out of the Kyoto luoyang, contact with his people all say, zu ti was a can for imperial people govern the country. Zu ti 24 years of age, it has been recommended him to do it, he didn't promise, still make unremitting effort to read a book.

　　Later, zu ti and childhood friend Liu Kun one master book chi as a department of state. He and Liu Kun feelings deep, often with bed and lie, not only to be but sleep, and a common broad ideal: exactly, to revive the state of jin, become a pillars just by the state.

　　Once, in the middle of the night the zu ti heard a cock in his sleep, he a foot kick Liu Kun wake up and say to him: "other people all think unlucky hear the cock crow in the middle of the night, I don't think so, we might as well hear the cock crow after practice sword????????? How to get up" Liu Kun readily agreed. So they get up after a rooster crows every day practicing sword, a sword of light, a long sword. Last winter to spring, changing, never stopped. Everything comes to him who waits, after a long period of hard work and training, they finally become he who can write good articles, plotting to win victories. Zu ti was banned for general town west, realized his will to serve the nation; Liu Kun did sign north corps commander, management of three states of military and, ji, deep and remote, also give full play to his literary talent wu slightly.

　　英语成语故事篇四：亡羊补牢

　　The story from the "ce". The warring states period, chu a minister named ZhuangXin, for one day (and the king said: "you are inside the palace, on the left is the state, the right is me; out, YanLingJun and long life with you and always with you. You and these four special exquisite luxury voluptuousness, regardless of the affairs of state, ying chu, all must be dangerous in jiangling county, hubei province north today!"

　　To make the king listened to, very not happy, angry scold a way: "are you crazy? Deliberately said these sinister words confusion the heart?"

　　ZhuangXin unhurried replied: "I really feel things must be to this point, dare not deliberately said chu what misfortune.

　　If you have this person, he must perish of chu. Since you don't believe my words, please allow me to get to zhao, to see how things will turn out to be. "ZhuangXin Zhao Guocai lived five months, qin had sent troops invaded chu, and discuss the king was forced into exile to the activation of henan province xixian west north. This is good just think ZhuangXin, hurriedly sent ZhuangXin back, ask him what method; ZhuangXin very cordially say:" I've heard and saw the rabbit teeth of hunting, it's not too late to this; The sheep run away just to fill the sheepfold, also not late. ...... "