Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.

Taking more than the prescribed dose will produce the opposite effect.

服药过量会适得其反.

He is able to use his skills to do anything he wants.

他的技术已经到了从心所欲的程度.

Can generally the opposite is true.

可往往事与愿违.

Keep optimistic regardless of every adversity.

虽然事与愿违仍保持乐观.

The wish to appear clever often prevents one from being so.

一心卖弄聪明,往往事与愿违.

Marcia: Well , now they've got one, so the crown will stay in the family.

玛西娅: 现在他们得偿所愿, 王冠会继续由他们保有.

She finds motherhood very rewarding.

她认为做母亲得偿所愿.

The boys drew a long , grateful breath.

两个孩子深深地吸了口气, 真是谢天谢地.

" No -- but -- well, let's don't talk about it. Thank goodness the waltz is beginning.

" 不 ---- 但是 ---- 好, 我们别谈这个了, 谢天谢地,华尔兹开始了.

It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end.

他最后去得那么快，真是谢天谢地。

Things have thankfully worked out all right.

谢天谢地，事情终于圆满解决了。

I was in my element.

我求之不得,正中下怀.

The results haven't been good and the performances could have been better.

结果不太尽如人意,我们应该表现得更好才对.

One kind of such a bad weather is thunderstorm.

天气并不是尽如人意.

Like many students read, very good, but hearing level is not satisfactory.

又如,不少学生朗读特别好, 可听力水平却不尽如人意.

Well, life isn't always what one likes, isn't it?

艾, 人生不会尽如人意, 不是 吗 ?

Well, life isn't always what one likes, is it?

恩, 人生不会尽如人意, 不是 吗 ?《罗马假日》.

Although he tried very hard, the results were not very satisfactory.

他虽然很努力了, 但成绩还是那么不尽如人意.

Well, life isn't always what one likes , istn't it?

嗯, 人生不会尽如人意, 不是 吗 ?

Their holiday in France didn't come up to expectations.

他们在法国度假未尽如人意.