戴罪立功指身背罪名而立功以图减轻罪名。例戴罪立功，以赎前衍。英make amends for one's wrong doing; atone for one's crime by doing good deeds;[查看详情]

随风转舵比喻顺着情势改变态度。例眼见得城池也不济事了各人自思随风转舵。——《水浒》英trim one’s sails to the wind;[查看详情]

见风使舵比喻作事无定见相机行事，随机应变。[查看详情]

看风使舵看着风向掌握船舵。比喻随着形势转变方向调整对策。英trim one's sails; adapt oneself to circumstances;[查看详情]

悔过自责追悔过错谴责自己。[查看详情]

弃旧图新抛弃旧的错误谋求走上新的正确道路。[查看详情]

悔过自新悔改错误重新做人。例剑南有光火盗，夜掠人，昼伏山谷。元常喻以恩信约悔过自新。——《新唐书冯元常传》英repent and make a fresh start; repent and turn over a new leaf;[查看详情]

随波逐流比喻自己没有一定的立场和主见只是随着别人走。例所谓乡原即推原人之情意，随波逐流，倿伪驰聘，苟合求媚于世。——宋孙奕《履斋示儿编乡原》英follow the winds and waves; go with the crowd;[查看详情]

痛定思痛事后追忆痛苦的往事，痛苦更甚。英draw a lesson from a bitter experience; recall the past with pangs in the heart; take one's painful experience to heart;[查看详情]

八面玲珑原指窗户宽敞明亮后形容待人处事机巧圆滑各方面都敷衍周到谁也不得罪。例虽是无为清净依然要，八面玲珑。——《全宋词夏元鼎满庭芳》英be smooth and slick in establishing social relations; cover all sides smoothly;[查看详情]