口译考试常见中国成语英译(3)

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　　口译考试常见中国成语英译
        　　以毒攻毒
        　　to set a thief to catch a thief
        　　以怨报德
        　　He is a person who bites the hand that feeds one.
        　　以逸待劳
        　　To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted.
        　　以寡敌众
        　　to fight against longer odds
        　　以德报怨
        　　I think it is better for you to render/return good for evil .
        　　以其人之道还治其人之身
        　　to pay somebody (back) in his own coin
        　　以子之矛，攻子之盾
        　　to turn a person's battery against himself
        　　以柔克刚
        　　Willows are weak yet they bind other wood. (Soft and fair goes far.)
        　　以和为贵
        　　A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
        　　以卵击石
        　　What you do is throw a straw against the wind. (run one's head against a stone wall; Whether the pitcher strikes the stone or the stone strikes the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.)
        　　小Car笔记：
        　　at ease：不拘束，自在，安适
        　　battery：[律]殴打