水到渠成 用英语怎么说?

中 → 英 · 俚语习语

come naturally when conditions are ripe
「水到渠成」的英文是「come naturally when conditions are ripe」,口语里形容事情条件齐了自然成功,不必硬求。

详解

字面指水流到,渠道自然形成。比喻条件具备后事情自然办成,急不来。口语中常安慰别人别强求,语气轻松。别直译成 water arrives the ditch forms,也别与「顺其自然」(let it be)混用,前者强调条件成熟后的结果。

例句

Don't push it—once everything's ready, success will come naturally when conditions are ripe.
别硬逼,等条件齐了,事情自然水到渠成。
Their friendship just came naturally when conditions were ripe, no effort needed.
他俩的友谊是水到渠成,没刻意经营过。

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