158 身在福中不知福 The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it. 159 你敬我一尺，我回你一丈 You scratch my back, and I will scratch yours. 160 别狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心 Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 161 志在千里 Hitch your wagon to a star. 162 初出茅庐/一窍不通 He was a babe in the woods 163 否极泰来 After a storm comes a calm. 164 奇装异服 a fantastic garb 165 忠言逆耳 Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear 166 明辨是非 to distinguish right from wrong 167 知足常乐 Happy is he who is content 168 知足者富 He who feels contented is rich 169 知人知面不知心 It's easy to know men's faces, but not their hearts. 170 知己知彼百战百胜 Know your enemy and know yourself. 171 空中楼阁 castles in the air 172 金科玉律 the gold rule 173 奇装异服 a fantastic garb 174 明辨事非 to distinguish right from wrong 175 雨后春笋 like bamboo shoots after a spring shower 176 雨过天青 After a storm comes a calm. Image 177 秀才不出门能知天下事 A scholar does not step outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under the sun. 178 事实胜于雄辩 Facts are most convincing. 179 来得容易去得快 Easy come, easy go. 180 金玉其外败絮其中 All that glitters is not gold. 181 兔子不吃窝边草 The fox preys farthest from his hole. 182 若要人不知除非己莫为 If you would not be known to do anything, never do it. 183 没有笑脸不出门 A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. 185 往者不可谏，来者犹可追 A mill cannot grind with the water that is past. 186 见异思迁 Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 187 适者生存 Survival of the fittest. 188 物以类聚 Birds of a feather flock together. 189 于事无补 Complaining is of little(no) avail. 190 姻缘天注定 Marriages are made in heaven. 191 逆来顺受 to make the best of a bad bargain 192 流芳百世 a niche in the temple of fame 193 为虎作伥 to act as guide to a tiger 194 孤注一掷 to put all one's egg in one basket 195 勇者不惧 A brave man will not shrink from dangers. 196 背道而驰 to run counter 197 赴汤蹈火 to go through fire and water 198 风烛残年 to have one foot in the grave 199 风声鹤唳，草木皆兵 to apprehend danger in every sound 200 活到老学到老 It's never too late to learn./ Live and learn. 201 前事不忘后事之师 Remember the past and it will guide your future. 202 星星之火可以燎原 A single spark can start a prairie fire. 203 待人宽容如待己 Live and let live. 204 按部就班 Learn to walk before you run. 205 南辕北辙 at cross purposes with 207 病从口入，祸从口出 Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it. 208 笑里藏刀 a smile to hide one's hate 209 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Where there's life, there's hope 210 海底捞月 to fish in the air 212 既往不咎 Let the dead bury their dead. 213 杀身成仁 to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete 214 杀鸡焉用牛刀 Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. 215 饥不择食 A good appetite is a good sauce. 216 害群之马 black sheep 217 家丑不可外扬 Don't wash your dirty linen in public. 218 恩威并济 alternate weakness with severity 219 旁观者清 The outside sees the best of the game. 220 时运不济 to have a bad time 221 殊途同归 All roads lead to Rome. 222 疾风知劲草 Adversity reveals genius. 223 旁观者清，当局者迷 Lookers-on see most of the game. 224 莫惹是非 Let sleeping dogs lie 225 得意忘形 to leap out of one's skin 226 捷足先登 The early bird catches the worm. 227 欲速则不达 Haste makes waste/ More haste, less speed. 228 欲加之罪，何患无辞 Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him. 229 混水摸鱼 to fish in troubled waters 230 贪小失大 penny-wise and pound foolish 231 习惯成自然 once a use forever a custom 232 挂羊头卖狗肉 cry up wine and sell vinegar 233 贫无立锥之地 as poor as a church mouse 234 患难见真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 235 异想天开 to give loose to one's fancy 236 得过且过 to live from hand to mouth 237 情人眼里出西施 Love is blind. 238 情有独钟 have eyes only for 239 冤家宜解不宜结 Better remove enmity than contract it. 240 眼不见为净 Out of sight, out of mind. 241 脱口而出 a slip of the tongue 242 设身处地 in someone's shoes. 243 智者千虑，必有一失 Homer sometimes nods. 244 胜不骄败不馁 to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure 245 富贵在天 Riches and honors come from heaven. 246 智者不惑 A wise man is free from perplexities. 247 无风不起浪 There is no smoke without fire. / Where there is smoke, there is fire. 248 画蛇添足 to paint the lily 249 趁火打劫 to fish in troubled waters 250 量入为出 to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet 251 阳奉阴违 ostensible obedience 252 跑了和尚跑不了庙 The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him. 253 万物之灵 the lords of creation 254 万事开头难 Everything is difficult at the start 255 万无一失 not a single miss in a thousand times. 256 落井下石 to hit a person when he's down 257 隔墙有耳 Pitchers have ears/ walls have ears. 258 挑灯夜战 Burn the midnight oil. 259 开诚布公 open one's heart to 260 盗亦有道 Dog does not eat dog. 261 善有善报 One kindness is the price of another. 262 损人利己 to enrich oneself at others expense 263 置之死地而后生 Put the troops in death ground and they will live. 264 道高一尺，魔高一丈 While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten. 265 预防胜于治疗 Prevention is better than cure. 266 新官上任三把火 New brooms sweep clean. 267 塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise. 268 路遥知马力，日久见人心 A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man. 269 沧海一粟 a drop in the bucket 270 盖棺论定 Judge none blessed before his death. 271 岁月不饶人 Time and tide wait for no man. 272 经验即良师 Experience is the teacher. 273 勤能补拙 Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence. 274 寿终正寝 to die a natural death (to die in one's bed) 275 寡不敌众 There is no contending against odds. 276 对牛弹琴 to cast pearls before swine 277 祸不单行 Misfortunes never come single. 278 饱食终日无所事事 to eat the bread of idleness 279 慷他人之慨 to be free with other's money 280 远亲不如近邻 Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. 281 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 You must reap what you have sown. 282 乐极生悲 After joy comes sadness. 283 说曹操到曹操就到 Talk of the devil and the devil comes. 284 团结就是力量 Union is strength. 285 需要为发明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention. 286 满招损，谦受益 Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits. 287 恶有恶报 He that does evil shall find evil. 288 恶事传千里 Bad news travels quickly. 289 熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect. 290 缓兵之计 a fabian policy 291 缘木求鱼 to get water from a flint 292 适者生存 the survival of the fittest 293 穷寇莫追 A cornered animal is a dangerous foe. 294 积少成多 Every little makes a mickle. 295 钱可通神 Money can move even the gods. 296 谋事在人成事在天 Man proposes and God disposes. 297 学问无捷径 There is no royal road/shortcut to learning. 298 机不可失 Opportunity seldom knocks twice. 299 优胜劣败 The weakest goes to the wall. 300 声东击西 to look one way and row another 301 南辕北辙 at cross purposes 302 脍炙人口 in everyone's mouth 303 螳臂挡车 to kick against the pricks 304 鞠躬尽瘁 to give the last measure of devotion 305 聪明反被聪明误 to suffer for one's wisdom 306 老调重谈 to harp on the same string 307 礼尚往来 Courtesy on one side cannot last long.. 308 礼多必诈 full of courtesy, full of craft 309 声嘶力竭 He was talking at the top of his voice. 310 覆水难收 What's done cannot be undone./ There is no use crying over spilt milk. 311 转石不生苔 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 312 转败为胜 to convert defeat into victory 313 鞭长莫及 beyond one's grasp 314 关公门前耍大刀 There's no need to teach a fish to swim. 315 严以责己宽以待人 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others 316 铁石心肠 a heart of steel 317 听天由命 to be guided by destiny 318 骄兵必败 Pride goes before a fall.