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Never buy a pig in a poke：东西没看清,不要急着买</P>

<P>Neither a borrower nor a lender be. 别借债,莫放债</P> | <P>Never buy a pig in a poke. 东西没看清,不要急着买</P> | <P>Never cross a bridge till you come to it. 还没到桥头,别为过桥愁</P>

He made a pass at / make a play for / make a move on me：他向我示愛、調情

This is an artsy fartsy piece. 這個作品裝藝術、做作 | He made a pass at / make a play for / make a move on me. 他向我示愛、調情 | He's such a sassy little boy. 講話很衝

With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold：(穿着裁剪得和剃刀一样利索的礼服和金子般的心)

I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old... | With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold.(穿着裁剪得和剃刀一样利索的礼服和金子般的心) | I had a guitar hanging just about wai...

If you see a thief or a pickpocket, we'll slap them around a little bit：如果见到贼或者扒手 就揍他们

Just look for troublemakers.|寻... | If you see a thief or a pickpocket, we'll slap them around a little bit.|如果见到贼或者扒手 就揍他们 | Maybe cut off a finger, you know, or tip of the nose sometimes...

A contended mind is a perpetual feast：知足常樂

A burnt child dreads the fire一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩 | A contended mind is a perpetual feast知足常樂 | A drowning man will catch a straw飢不擇食

A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes：朋友宣扬人的美德,敌人夸大人的罪过

A fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸到老... | A friend exaggerates a mans virtue, an enemy his crimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德,敌人夸大人的罪过. | A friend in court is better than a penny in purse. 囊中有...

[09] A famed person and a fattened pig are alike in danger：人怕出名猪怕壮. [中国谚语]

[07] We don't kill a pig every day. 谁也不能天天吃饺... | [08] You cannot make a horn of a pig's tail. 朽木不可雕... | [09] A famed person and a fattened pig are alike in danger. 人怕出名猪怕壮. [中国谚语]

A bashful dog never fattens. (EP)：羞怯之狗长不肥. (英谚)

A barleycorn is better than a diamond to a cock. (EP) 对公鸡来说,大麦粒... | A bashful dog never fattens. (EP) 羞怯之狗长不肥. (英谚) | A bean in liberty is better than a confiture in prison. (EP) 自由地...

A little fire kindles a forest：星火燎原

12.A little bird whispered to me. 有人私下里告诉我的. | 13.A little fire kindles a forest.星火燎原. | 14.A living dog is better than a dead lion.活狗胜过死狮;好死不如赖活.

Like ladling water with a wicker basket-all is empty(nothing)：竹篮打水--一场空

茶壶里煮饺子--有也倒不出. A dumpling in a boil... | 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉--痴心妄想. A toad lusting after a swan's flesh-a... | 竹篮打水--一场空. Like ladling water with a wicker basket-all is empty(nothing).

colonial rule：殖民统治

colonial protectorate;殖民保护地;殖民被保护国;; | colonial rule;殖民统治;; | Colonial Secretary;辅政司;;

matrimonial agency：婚姻介绍所

21 deep love 深沉的爱情 | 22 matrimonial agency 婚姻介绍所 | 23 lover,sweetheart 情人