in everyone’s mouth.膾炙人口.

to kick against the pricks 螳臂擋車 .

to give the last measure of devotion 鞠躬盡瘁 .

to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聰明反被聰明誤.

don’t let me down 別叫我失望.

man proposes and god disposes 謀事在人成事在天 .

the weakest goes to the wall.優勝劣敗.

to look one way and row another聲東擊西 .

to harp on the same string. 舊調重彈.

what’s done cannot be undone 覆水難收 .

to convert defeat into victory. 轉敗為勝.

beyond one’s grasp. 鞭長莫及.

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others.

嚴以責己寬以待人.

a heart of steel. 鐵石心腸.

to be guided by destiny.聽天由命.

pride goes before a fall 驕者必敗 .

the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy

without 不戰而屈人之兵.

what is bugging you 什么事使你心煩.

sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟.

it’s dying art 這是已失傳的手藝.

gentlemen agreement 君子協定.

i'm trying to make ends meet 我盡力要使收支平衡.

prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

富貴結朋友, 患難見真情.

if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the

bitterest of the bitter.

吃得苦中苦, 方為人上人.

it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill.

寧為善而斗, 毋屈服于惡.

he who has hope has everything.

懷有希望者, 便擁有一切.

self-trust is the first secret of success.

自信心是成功的首要關鍵.

the secret of success is constancy of purpose.

成功的秘絕在于目標堅定有恒.

success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.

成功源于努力去克服困難.

experience is the extract of suffering.

經驗是受苦的結晶.