密云：满天乌云。满天乌云不下雨。比喻事物正在酝酿，一时还没有发作。

dense clouds but no rain

风云：比喻变幻动荡的局势。局势突然发生了变化。

a sudden change in the situation

乖：荒谬的；丑：可耻的。指在人前出丑。

make a spectacle of oneself

形容夜晚灯光明亮的繁华景象。

brilliantly illuminated ablaze with lights

内部与外部暗中相互配合来达到某种目的

collusion from both within and without/collude from both within and without

比喻聚散无常。也比喻乌合之众。

get together and disperse like animals and birds

风刮不进，雨水透不过。形容封闭或包围得十分紧密。

very tight

在猛烈的大风中，只有坚韧的草才不会被吹倒。比喻只有经过严峻的考验，才知道谁真正坚强。

strength of character is tested in a crisis

形容山峦连绵，高低重迭。

many mountains hills upon hills innumerable mountains and valleys mountains upon mountains

泛称美好山河。

verdant hills and green waters

在风里晃动的烛光。比喻随时可能死亡的老年人。也比喻随时可能消灭的事物。

candle guttering in the wind

去掉外饰，还其本质。比喻回复原来的自然状态。同“返朴归真”。

recover the simple and come to the nature

知了夏天生，秋天死，看不到雪。比喻人见闻不广。

the cicada knows nothing of snow limited knowledge or experience ignorant or inexperienced the cicade is ignorant of what is snow

比喻得到微薄的资助而解救眼前的危急。

Fight water to catch live fish

雨大得象盆里的水直往下倒。形容雨大势急。

rain cats and dogs it is raining cats and dogs a heavy downpour of rain it is raining like billy-o it rains to beat the

佛教所说的地狱之刑。形容极残酷的刑罚。

a mountain of swords and a forest of sabres the most ruthless punishment

比喻山川雄踞蜿蜒，有王者气象。

Coiling dragon, dancing phoenix

斜风：旁侧吹来的小风；细雨：小雨。形容小的风雨。

light wind and drizzling rain

指温度极高，能将金石熔化。形容酷热。同“烁石流金”。

Glistening jade and flowing gold

比喻受牵连而遭到的祸害。

trouble not of ones own making