殺雞焉用牛刀 Take not a musket to kill a butterfly 飢不擇食 A good appetite is a good sauce. 害群之馬 black sheep
家醜不可外揚 Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 恩威並濟 alternate weakness with severity
旁觀者清 The outside sees the best of the game. 時運不濟 to have a bad time
殊途同歸 All roads lead to Rome.
眾志成城/團結就是力量 Union is strenth. 疾風知勁草 Adversity reveals genius.
旁觀者清，當局者迷 Lookers-on see most of the game. 莫在太歲頭上動土 Let sleeping dogs lie.
畢恭畢敬 He always treats his boss cap in hand. 11
得意忘形 to leap out of one's skin
捷足先登 The early bird catches the worm. 欲速則不達 Haste makes waste 欲速則不達 More haste, less speed.
欲加之罪，何患無辭 Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him. 混水摸魚 to fish in troubled waters 貪小失大 penny-wise and poundfoolish 習慣成自然 once a use forever a custom 掛羊頭賣狗肉 cry up wine and sell vinegar 貧無立錐之地 as poor as a church mouse
雪中送炭真君子/患難見真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 異想天開 to give loose to one's fancy 集思廣義 Two heads are better than one. 得過且過 to live from hand to mouth 情人眼裏出西施 Love is blind.
情有獨鐘 All the girls liked Kevin, but he had eyes only for Mary. 冤家宜解不宜結 Better remove enmity than contract it. 眼不見為淨 Out of sight, out of mind.
脫口而出 A slip of the tongue can sometimes land you in trouble. 設身處地 Sometimes you have to learn to be in my shoes. 12
智者千慮，必有一失 Homer sometimes nods.
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勝不驕敗不餒 to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure 富貴在天 Riches and honors come from heaven. 智者不惑 A wise man is free from perplexities.
無風不起浪 There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.) 畫蛇添足 to paint the lily
趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters
量入為出 to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet 陽奉陰違 ostensible obedience
跑了和尚跑不了廟 The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him. 萬物之靈 the lords of creation
萬事開頭難 Everything is difficult at the start 萬無一失 not a single miss in a thousand times. 落井下石 to hit a person when he's down 隔牆有耳 Pitchers have ears; walls have ears. 開夜車/挑燈夜戰 Burn the midnight oil.
開誠佈公 He always opens his heart to his spouse when he has a problem. 盜亦有道 Dog does not eat dog.
善有善報 One kindness is the price of another. 13
損人利己 to enrich oneself at others expense
置之死地而後生 Put the troops in death ground and they will live. 道高一尺魔高一丈 While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten. 預防勝於治療 Prevention is better than cure. 新官上任三把火 New brooms sweep clean.
塞翁失馬焉知非福 Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise.
路遙知馬力日久見人心 A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man. 滄海一栗 a drop in the bucket
蓋棺論定 Judge none blessed before his death. 歲月不饒人 Time and tide wait for no man. 經驗即良師 Experience is the teacher.
微不足道 The police crackdown on speeding is just a drop in the ocean in solving Taiwan's traffic problems.
勤能補拙 Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence. 14
壽終正寢 to die a natural death (to die in one's bed)
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寡不擊眾 There is no contending against odds. 對牛彈琴 to cast pearls before swine
禍不單行 Misfortunes never come single.
飽食終日無所事事 to eat the bread of idleness 慷他人之慨 to be free with other's money
遠親不如近鄰 Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
種瓜得瓜種豆得豆 You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap. 樂極生悲 After joy comes sadness.
說曹操到曹操就到 Talk of the devil and the devil comes. 團結就是力量 Union is strength.
需要為發明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention.
滿招損，謙受益 Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits. 15
惡有惡報 He that does evil shall find evil. 惡事傳千里 Bad news travels quickly. 熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect. 緩兵之計 a fabian policy
緣木求魚 to get water from a flint 適者生存 the survival of the fittest
窮寇莫追 A cornered animal is a dangerous foe. 16
積少成多 Every little makes a mickle. 積少成多 Every little helps.
錢可通神 Money can move even the gods.
謀事在人成事在天 Man proposes and God disposes. 學問無捷徑 There is no royal road/shortcut to learning. 機不可失 Opportunity seldo knocks twice. 17
優勝劣敗 The weakest goes to the wall. 聲東擊西 to look one way and row another 膾炙人口 in everyone's mouth 螳臂擋車 to kick against the pricks
鞠躬盡瘁 to give the last measure of devotion
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聰明反被聰明誤 to suffer for one's wisdom 舊調重談 to harp on the same string
禮尚往來 Courtesy on one side cannot last long. 禮多必詐 full of courtesy, full of craft
聲嘶力竭 He was talking at the top of his voice. 18
覆水難收 What's done cannot be undone./There is no use crying over spilt milk. 轉石不生苔 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 轉敗為勝 to convert defeat into victory 鞭長莫及 beyond one's grasp
關公門前耍大刀 There's no need to teach a fish to swim. 20
嚴以責己寬以待人 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others 21
鐵石心腸 a heart of steel 22
聽天由命 to be guided by destiny 驕者必敗 Pride goes before a fall.
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