Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
杀鸡取蛋。
Look for a needle in a haystack.
大海捞针
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖
A good conscience is a soft pillow.
日间不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
Love me, love my dog
爱屋及乌
he year of snow, the year of fertility
瑞雪丰年
a blot from the blue
晴天霹雳
to see through at a glance
一眼看穿
to see through the trickery
看穿把戏
to fish in troubled waters
混水摸鱼
to do something by halves
半途而废
a heart of stone
铁石心肠
strike while the iron is hot
趁热打铁
tit for tat
一报还一报
like father, like son
有其父必有其子
A rolling stone gathers no moss
滚石不生苔
to seek truth from facts
实事求是
to become cocksure
自以为是
air field and no favour
一视同仁
to go with the tide
随波逐流
to be in the same boat
同舟共济
to go through thick and thin
赴汤蹈火
to one's heart's desire
称心如意
to pour oil on the flame
火上浇油
to become a household word
家喻户晓
to be in two minds
三心二意
as alike as two peas
一模一样
a sea of faces
人山人海
rain or shine
风雨无阻
haste makes waste
欲速不达
much coin, much care
钱多劳神
to read between the lines
字里行间
to vanish like smoke
烟消云散
to end in smoke
烟消云散
practice makes perfect
业精于勤
to provide against a rainy day
未雨绸缪
wait-and-see attitude
观望态度
to talk black into white
颠倒黑白
in black and white
白纸黑字
many a little makes a mickle
积少成多
many a pickle makes a mickle
集腋成裘
to fish for compliments
沽名钓誉
a friend in need is a friend indeed
患难之交
to cudgel one's brain
绞尽脑汁
firm as a rock
坚如磐石
to be lean as a lath
骨瘦如柴
not to stir a finger
袖手旁观
to fish in the air
缘木求鱼
care killed the cat
愁能伤人
to wear one's on one's sleeves
心直口快
a contented mind is a perpetual feast
知足长乐
to tread the heel of
步其后尘
to spare no effort
不遗余力
to leave no stone unturned
不遗余力
to play ducks and drakes with one's money
挥金如土
to kill two birds with one stone
一石二鸟
Pride goes before fall
谦受益，满招损
Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
远亲不如近邻
over's quarrels are soon mended
夫妻无隔夜之愁
Ill news comes apace
好事不出门，恶事传千里
a stitch in time saves nine
事半功倍
Well begun is half done.
事半功倍
Birds of a feather flock together
物以类聚
to cast pearls to the swine
对牛弹琴
a black sheep
害群之马
to hold a candle to the devil
助纣为虐
to hail the rising sun
趋炎附势
An old head on a young pair of shoulders
少年老成
neither fish nor flesh
不伦不类
black and blue
鼻青脸肿
to shed crocodile tears
猫哭老鼠
to put a fifth wheel to the coach
画蛇添足
to spring up like mushrooms
雨后春笋
to put the cart before the horse
本末倒置
to make a mountain of a mole hill
小题大做
He that dies pays all debts
一了百了
as snug as a bug in a rug
舒舒服服
No use cry over spilt milk
覆水难收
to be at sixes and sevens
乱七八糟
to hang by a thread
千钧一发
Harm hatch, harm catch.
恶有恶报
once in a blue moon
千载难逢
after death, the medicine.
放马后炮
after meat, the mustard.
放马后炮
the memory of a good deed lives
流芳百世
to have a card up one's sleeves
锦囊之计
to warm a snake in one's bosom
养虎为患
hitting the nail on the head
一针见血
to flog a dead horse
徒劳无功
to help a lame dog over the still
救人之急
to put all one's eggs in one basket
孤注一掷
to teach one's grandma to suck eggs
不自量力
to know the ropes
熟门熟路
by fits and starts
一曝十寒
like cures like
以毒攻毒
to beat with one's own stuff
自相矛盾
to carry coal to Newcastle
多此一举
to cut the Gordian knot
快刀斩乱麻
Goose-flesh
鸡皮疙瘩
to break a fly upon the wheel
杀鸡用牛刀
to count one's chickens before they are hatched
打如意算盘
In for a penny, in for a pound
一不做，二不休
a cat on hot bricks
热锅上的蚂蚁
Nothing venture, nothing gain.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
Do unto others as you would be done by
己所不欲，勿施于人
A miss is as good as a mile
差之毫厘，失之千里
Greek meets Greek
棋逢对手
Diamond cuts diamond
针锋相对
on the horns of a dilemma
进退两难
a blessing in disguise
塞翁失马，焉知非福
at one's wits end
智穷才尽
by leaps an bounds
突飞猛进
to turn over a new leaf
改过自新
The longest day must have an end.
世上没有不散的宴席。
Where there is life, there is hope.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Many kiss a baby for the nurse's sake.
醉翁之意不在酒。
Many hands make light work.
众人拾柴火焰高
Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
chicken-hearted
胆小如鼠
get sb by the short hair
抓小辫子
burn the midnight oil
开夜车
talk through one's hat
信口开河
laugh off one's head
笑掉大牙
fishing in the air
水底捞月
scarce as hen's teeth
凤毛麟角
to put all cards on the table
打开天窗说亮话
lead a dog's life
过着牛马不如的生活
ass in the lien's skin
狐假虎威
black sheep
害群之马
break a fly upon the wheel
杀鸡用牛刀
spring up like mushrooms
雨后春笋
cry up wine and sell vinegar
挂羊头卖狗肉
Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳
Money makes the the mare go.
有钱能使鬼推磨
in the all together/in one's birthday suit
一丝不挂
If there's water there must be fish.
有水必有鱼。
Every sweet has its sour.
有甜必有苦。
If you want to gain something you must lose something as well.
有得必有失。
Where there is a will there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Correct the mistakes if you have made any and guard against them if you have not.
有则改之，无则加勉。
Record everything one has seen or heard.
有闻必录
Doesn't mean the harm one says.
有口无心
Unable to speak for self-defence/hard to explain self-justification.
有口难分
Win universal praise/praised by all/Every mouth is a living song (to the praise of ...)
有口皆碑
Obvious to all people /universally recognized
有目共睹
Eye without pupil.
有眼无珠
fail to recognize a great person
有眼不识泰山
one's breath is present but vigor is absent/listless
有气无力
more scared than hurt
有惊无险
devoid of justice
有天无日
These is nothing I can do.
爱莫能助
There is no man without faults.
人无完人
There is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收
There is no royal road to learning.
学无坦途。
There is no joy above the joy of the heart.
心灵的愉快才是真正的愉快。
There is no holding back of the wheel of history.
历史的车轮是阻挡不住。
There is always life for the living.
有生就有希望。
There is no wealth above the wealth of health.（There is no greater rich than health.）
健康是最大的财富。
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有不带刺的玫瑰。
There is a time for everything.
凡事都有其时机。
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
有时该讲话，有时该沉默。
There is a crook in the lot of everyone.
人人都有不如意的时刻。
There are no birds of this year in last year's nest.
去年的巢里找不到今年的鸟。（情况已经大不一样了）
There is no sweet without sweat.
不尝辛苦不知甜。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
有烟必有火
There is no wind which blows no man good.
福兮祸所伏。
Where bees are, there is honey.
有蜂就有蜜。
If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
若无阴云，怎知阳光好。
Where there's a will there's a way.
有志者事竟成。
There are no poor soldiers under a good general.
强将手下无弱兵。
In nature there are unexpected storms and in life unpredictable vicissitudes.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
There can never be too much deception in war.
兵不厌诈
There is no construction without destruction.
不破不立
Among three passers-by there must be a person who can be my teacher.
三人行必有吾师。
Everybody can play tricks, but each trick has a charm of its own.
戏法人人会变，巧妙各有不同。
He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.
欲加之罪，何患无辞。
When the snipe and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman who profits.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
Tell all that you know and tell it without reserve.
知无不言，言无不尽
Correct the mistakes if you have committed them. And avoid them if you have not.
有则改之，无则加勉
If you help others, others will help you.
与人方便，自己方便。
Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will be benighted.
兼听则明，偏信则暗
Those who blow before it survive and those who resist perish.
顺之者昌，逆之者亡
If one does not exert oneself in youth, one will regret in old age.
少壮不努力，老大徒悲伤
Labour is often the father of pleasure.
勤劳常是快乐之父。
He is wisest that is honest.
诚实者最聪明。
He who flatters one to the face will surely speak ill of one behind one's back.
当面谄媚的人，肯定在背后诋毁。
Who teached often learns himself.
教学相长
One who errs in the tens errs in the thousands.
