idioms for ielts

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"Fire is a good servant but a bad master" - Đừng đùa với lửa "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" - Đứng núi này trông núi nọ "When in the Rome, do as the Romans do" - Nhập gia tuỳ tục "Old friends and old wine are best" - Bạn cũ bạn tốt , rượu cũ rượu ngon "A picture is worth a thousand words" - Nói có sách, mách có chứng "Actions speak louder than words" - Làm hay hơn nói "Behind every great man, there is a great woman " - Thuận vợ thuận chồng tát biển Đông cũng cạn "He who laughs today may weep tomorrow" - Cười người chớ vội cười lâu. Cười người hôm trước hôm sau người cười. "Man proposes, God disposes" - Mưu sự tại nhân, thành sự tại thiên "One good turn deserves another" - Ở hiền gặp lành "A rolling stone gathers no moss " - Nhất nghệ tinh, nhất thân vinh/Trăm hay không bằng tay quen "A miss is as good as a mile" - Sai một ly đi một dặm "A flow will have an ebb" - Sông có khúc người có lúc "Diligence is the mother of good fortune" - Có công mài sắt có ngày nên kim "Love is blind" - Yêu nhau quá đỗi nên mê, tỉnh ra mới biết kẻ chê người cười "A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit" - Dĩ hòa vi quí "Great minds think alike" - Chí lớn thường gặp nhau "You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours " - Có qua có lại mới toại lòng nhau

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Idioms in IELTS, using for speaking, writing and in real life.

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"Fire is a good servant but a bad master"

- ng a vi la

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"

- ng ni ny trng ni n

"When in the Rome, do as the Romans do"

- Nhp gia tu tc

"Old friends and old wine are best"

- Bn c bn tt , ru c ru ngon

"A picture is worth a thousand words"

- Ni c sch, mch c chng

"Actions speak louder than words"

- Lm hay hn ni

"Behind every great man, there is a great woman "

- Thun v thun chng tt bin ng cng cn

"He who laughs today may weep tomorrow"

- Ci ngi ch vi ci lu. Ci ngi hm trc hm sau ngi ci.

"Man proposes, God disposes"

- Mu s ti nhn, thnh s ti thin

"One good turn deserves another"

- hin gp lnh

"A rolling stone gathers no moss "

- Nht ngh tinh, nht thn vinh/Trm hay khng bng tay quen

"A miss is as good as a mile"

- Sai mt ly i mt dm

"A flow will have an ebb"

- Sng c khc ngi c lc

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune"

- C cng mi st c ngy nn kim

"Love is blind"

- Yu nhau qu i nn m, tnh ra mi bit k ch ngi ci

"A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit"

- D ha vi qu

"Great minds think alike"

- Ch ln thng gp nhau

"You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours "

- C qua c li mi toi lng nhau

"A good wife makes a good husband"

- V khn ngoan lm quan cho chng

"Grasp all, lose all"

- Tham th thm

"A blessing in disguise"

- Trong ci ri c ci may

"Where there's life, there's hope"

- Cn nc cn tt

"Birds of a feather flock together"

- Ngu tm ngu, m tm m

"Necessity is the mother of invention"

- Ci kh l ci khn

"One scabby sheep is enough to spoil the whole flock"

- Con su lm ru ni canh

"Together we can change the world"

- Mt cy lm chng nn non, ba cy chm li nn hn ni cao

"Every cloud has a silver lining"

- Trong ha c phc

"Send the fox to mind the geese"

- Giao trng cho c

"As poor as a church mouse"

- Ngho rt mng ti

"To be on cloud nine"

- Hnh phc nh trn my

"A bad begining makes a good ending "

- u xui, ui lt

"There's no smoke without fire"

- Khng c la sao c khi

"Love me, love my dog. "

- Yu ngi yu c ng i, ght ngi ght c tng ti h hng

"It is the first step that costs"

- Vn s khi u nan

"A friend in need is a friend indeed"

- Gian nan mi hiu lng ngi

"Rats desert a falling house"

- Chy nh mi ra mt chut

"Tit For Tat"

- n ming tr ming

"Opportunities are hard to seize"

- Thi qua i, c hi kh tm

"New one in, old one out"

- C mi, ni c

"Ring out the old, ring in the new"

- Tng cu nghnh tn

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

- Th rng c s trn tay, cn hn c ha trn my hc vng

"Where there is a will, there is a way"

- Ni no c ch, ni c con ng

"In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty"

- Giu sang nhiu k ti nh, kh khn nn ni rut r xa nha

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"

- m cua trong l

"Make hay while the sun shines"

- Vic hm nay ch ngy mai

"Handsome is as handsome does"

- Tt g hn tt nc sn

"Bitter pills may have blessed effects "

- Thuc ng d tt

"Courtesy costs nothing"

- Li ni chng mt tin mua, la li m ni cho va lng nhau

"Cleanliness is next to godliness"

- Nh sch th mt, bt sch ngon cm

"Cut your coat according to your cloth"

- Liu cm gp mm

"Cross the stream where it is shallowest"

- Lm ngi phi n phi o, phi cn nng nh phi d nng su

"Love me little, love me long"

- Cng thm th cng chng phai, thoang thong hoa nhi cng m thm lu

"Nightingales will not sing in a case"

- Th lm chim s trn cnh, cn hn sng kip hong oanh trong lng

"Never say die"

- Ch thy sng c m ng tay cho

"Constant dripping wears away stone "

- Nc chy mn

"Men make houses, women make homes"

- n ng xy nh, n b xy t m

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating"

- ng di mi bit nga hay

"So many men, so many minds"

- Chn ngi, mi

"Fine words butter no parsnips"

- C thc mi vc c o

"Too many cooks spoil the broth"

- Lm thy nhiu ma

"Carry coals to Newcastle"

- Ch ci v rng

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"

- Phi thng bt ph

"Still waters run deep"

- Tm ngm tm ngm m m cht voi

"Make your enemy your friend"

- Ha th thnh bn

"Stronger by rice, daring by money "

- Mnh v go, bo v tin

"Words must be weighed, not counted"

- Un li by ln trc khi ni

"Never do things by halves "

- n n ni, lm n chn

"Fire proves gold, adversity proves men"

- La th vng, gian nan th sc

"Live on the fat of the land"

- Ngi mt n bt vng

"Empty vessels make the most sound"

- Thng rng ku to

"Words are but Wind"

- Li ni gi bay

"Make a mountain out of a molehill"

- Vic b x to

"When the blood sheds, the heart aches "

- Mau chay, rut mm

"Every Jack has his Jill"

- Ni no vung ny/Ngu tm ngu, m tm m/Rau no su ny

"More haste, less speed"

- Gic tc bt t

"Don't let the fox guard the hen house"

- Giao trng cho c

"Beauty dies and fades away"

- Ci nt nh cht ci p

"The higher you climb, the greater you fall"

- Tro cao t au

"The higher you climb, the greater you fall"

- Tro cao t au

"Walls have ears"

- Tai vch mch rng

"Silence is golden"

- Im lng l vng

"He who excuses himself, accuses himself "

- C tt git mnh

"So much to do, so little done"

- Lc bt tng tm

"Prevention is better than cure"

- Phng bnh hn cha bnh

"Beating around the bush"

- Vng vo tam quc

"Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you "

- Sinh s, s sinh

"United we stand, divided we fall "

- on kt th sng, chia r th cht

"A fault confessed is half redressed"

- Bit nhn li l sa c li

"Calamity is man's true touchstone "

- V hon nn bt anh hng

"A word is enough to a wise "

- Ngi khn ni t hiu nhiu

"Every little helps "

- Gp gi thnh bo

"Diamond cut diamond"

- V qut dy c mng tay nhn

"No bees, no honey; no work, no money "

- Tay lm hm nhai, tay quai ming tr

"A penny saved, a penny gained"

- ng tin tit kim l ng tin kim c

"In for a penny, in for a pound "

- c voi i tin

"Everything is good in its season "

- Mng moc co la, ngi ta co thi

"Adversity brings wisdom"

- Ci kh l ci khn

"Look before you leap"

- Cn tc v u

"A rolling stone gathers no moss"

- Mt ngh th sng, ng ngh th cht

"Poverty parts friends"

- Giu sang lm k li nh, kh nm gia ch chng ma no tm

"Too much knowledge makes the head bald "

- Bit nhiu chng gi

"Ill-gotten, ill-spent"

- Ca thin, tr a

"Easy come, easy go"

- D c, d mt

"Man proposes, god disposes"

- Mu s ti nhn, thnh s ti thin

"It is the first step that counts"

- Vn s khi u nan

"A flow will have an ebb"

- Sng c khc, ngi c lc

"Words are but Wind"

- Li ni gi bay

"Empty vessels make most sound"

- Thng rng ku to

"Fire proves gold, adversity proves men"

- La th vng, gian nan th sc

"Stronger by rice, daring by money"

- Mnh v go, bo v tin

"Lucky at cards, unlucky in love"

- en tnh, bc

"Speech is silver, but silence is golden"

- Li ni l bc, im lng l vng

"We reap as we sow"

- Bng lm, d chu/Gieo gi gp bo

"Laughter is the best medicine"

- Mt n ci bng mi thang thuc b

"Neck or nothing"

- Khng vo hang cp sao bt c cp con

"A clean hand wants no washing"

- Cy ngay khng s cht ng

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

- Gy ng p lng ng / n ming tr ming

"Make hay while the sun shines"

- Vic hm nay ch ngy mai

"Blood is thicker than water"

- Mt git mu o hn ao nc l