a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
一鳥在手,勝似二鳥在林/二鳥在林,不如一鳥在手/把握現(xiàn)在,不要空想未來.
too many cooks spoil the soup
廚眾多敗湯/廚師多了煮壞湯./七手八腳反誤事
to pour oil on troubled waters
息事寧人
don't be a dog in a manger
別做—只占著馬槽的狗——別占著茅坑不拉屎,別太自私
he is sitting on the fence
他保持中立；采取騎墻態(tài)度
he who pays the piper calls the tune
誰付錢,誰點(diǎn)唱；出錢的人做主.
you can't get blood out of a stone
石頭里榨不出血來/鐵石心腸那有淚/不可緣木求魚