異口同聲

一波未平，一波又起wave after wave

Meaning: hit one 1)snag after another / It never rains but it pours. / a run of bad luck

Example: The work has been confronted with difficulties， wave after wave.

2)Synonymy: Misfortunes seldom come singly. 禍不單行

3)Antonymy: It’s all plain sailing. 一帆風順

Origin: “波瀾開闔，如在江湖中，一波未平，一波已作。”——《姜夔·白石道人》

一氣呵成at a breath (stretch)

Meaning: at one sitting

Example: A good poem is usually accomplished at one breath.

Synonymy: Such beginning， such end. 貫徹始終

Antonymy: off and on 或作或輟

Origin: “亦皆一氣呵成，無有斷續?！薄肚濉だ顫O·閑情偶寄》

一敗涂地down to the ground

Meaning: down and out / knocked into a cocked hat / get the worst of it

Example: The school team was down to the ground in yesterday’s football match.

Synonymy: to be put to 4)rout 潰不成軍

Antonymy: to carry all before one 所向披靡

Origin: “天下方擾，諸侯并起，今置將不善，一敗涂地。”——《史記·高祖本紀》

一視同仁When it rains it rains on all alike.

Meaning: The sun shines upon all alike. / The sea has fish for every man. /

without discrimination

Example: Don’t expect favours from the boss as he thinks that when it rains it rains

on all alike.

Synonymy: put on a 5)par 等量齊觀

Antonymy: Make fish of one and flesh of another. 區別對待

Origin: “一視而同仁。”——《韓愈·原人》