泥菩萨过河——自身难保Like the clay idol forging the river — it's as much as they can do to preserve themselves from disaster.

竹篮子打水——一场空To draw water in a bamboo basket — all in vain,

大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米——弱肉强食Big fish eat small ones and small fish swallow tiny shrimps — the weak are the prey of the strong.

柳树开花——无结果 Like the willow tree in blossom —they'll never bear any fruit.

—条藤上的瓜——苦的都苦，甜的都甜Melons from the same vine — either all sweet, or all bitter (sharc weal and woe)

直译法是传达原文形象，保存原作原汁原味的最好方法。歇后语是形象的语言，特别是比喻性歇后语，形象性很强，如果能运用直译法进行翻译,就能最大限度地保留其民族特色和喻体喻义。

2) 意译法在译汉语歇后语“解”的部分，非常有用。如何把“解”的部分译成相对应的英文表达，不妨采用一种超越文字结构的意译法，与原作虽有差异，但更能表达原文神韵，使西方读者更容易理解。这种译法给人一种新鲜的感觉，原文与译文“和而不同”。

阁王爷审案——尽是鬼话Devil of Hell tries a case — a ghost writes ghostly stories (like old wives' tales)

三百斤的野猪——全得一张嘴Why is the fat boar so strcrng ? —because it's got a powerful mouth.

—是一，二是二一一直话直说 One is one and two is two — to speak frankly；to call a spade a spade

画龙点睛——恰到好处 Dot the eyeball in drawing a dragon — just hit the target / hit the right nail on the head.