以尻为车而神游。指随心所欲遨游自然。

Rear-end whirl of the divine horse

形容波光明净。波光：阳光或月光照在水波上反射过来的光。粼粼：形容水石明净。

Rippling waves

比喻字写得不好，弯弯曲曲，象蚯蚓和蛇爬行的痕迹。

like spring worms and autumn snakes poor penmanship clumsy in calligraphy

比喻社会黑暗，见不到一点光明。

a world of darkness/total absence of justice

形容人的本性难以改变。同“江山易改，本性难移”。

It is easy to change rivers and mountains, but hard to change one's nature

江东：古指长江以南芜湖以下地区；父老：父兄辈人。泛指家乡的父兄长辈。

Elders of Jiangdong

水滴下去就结成冰。形容天气十分寒冷。

the water freezes as it dripsfreezing cold

将戈一挥，可以使西下的太阳回转过来。①比喻留连光景，希望白天能够延长。②后常用以形容有能够排除困难，扭转危局的雄才大略。

Raise the spear and return with the sun

形容衰败零落的景象。也比喻感情破裂，两相离异。

The moon wanes and the flowers wilt

比喻事情非常罕见或极难实现。铁树原产热带，不常开花。热带，不常开花。同“铁树开花”。

Iron tree blooming

天不成全美事。多指要进行的事情因刮风下雨而受到了影响。

the weather is not too good

绿叶茂盛，花渐凋谢。指暮春时节。也形容春残的景象。

flourishing leaves and withering flowers the scene of late spring late spring

本指游乐休息的环境。后多指谈情说爱的处所。

amidst flowers and in the moonlight an ideal setting for amorous dalliance

指在公开场合出现。也指出风头。

be very much in the public eye

好象春天又回到大地。形容严寒已过，温暖和生机又来到人间。

spring returns to the good earth spring has come back to the earth

水向湿处流，火往干处烧。指物之气质类似必相感应。后用以比喻事物发展的必然规律。

Water makes things wet, fire makes things dry

枯树开起花来。比喻在绝境中又找到了生路。

A dried up tree comes to life again A withered tree brings forth flowers rejuvenation

劳：疲劳，辛苦；师、众：军队；动：出动，动员。原指出动大批军队。现指动用很多人力。

mobilize too many troops drag in lots of people

牛蹄：是指牛蹄印里的积水。牛蹄印坑里的鱼。比喻死期迫近。

Fish in ox hooves

历历：清楚，分明的样子。指远方的景物看得清清楚楚，或过去的事情清清楚楚地重现在眼前。

remember vividly to this day