1. 耗子爬到牛角上 自以为大

1. The mouse climbed onto the cow's horn and thought itself great.

2. 风马牛 互不相干；各不相干

2. Wind horses and oxen are mutually unrelated; they have nothing to do with each other.

3. 见惯了骆驼 看不出牛大来（比喻眼光太高）

3. Having seen camels, one can't notice the size of a cow (a metaphor for having very high expectations or standards).

4. 背着牛头不认账 死赖

4. Blame the bull's head and refuse to admit it; stubbornly refuse to acknowledge.

5. 抱着琵琶进磨坊 对牛弹琴

5. Carrying a lute into the mill, playing music to a cow.

6. 好花插在牛屎上 真可惜

6. A good flower planted on cow dung, what a waste.

7. 成语：对牛弹琴 汗牛充栋 九牛一毛 牛刀小试 气冲牛斗 犀牛望月 牛头马面 马牛其风 吴牛喘月 一牛九锁 气壮如牛 牛毛细雨

7. Idioms: Talking to the cow, the library is full of cows, a drop in the ocean, trying a small knife, the anger surging like a cow, the rhinoceros looking at the moon, the bull's head and horse's face, the wind of horse and cow, the ox pants under the moon, nine locks on one cow, full of courage like a cow, fine rain like cow hair.

8. 黄牛拴鼻绳 跑不了

8. The cow is tied with a nose rope; it can't run away.

9. 家牛要过冬，草料必须充。

9. The domestic cattle need to survive the winter, and sufficient forage must be provided.

10. 耗子拖牛 大干一场

10. A mouse dragging a bull, a big project ahead.

11. 犊子踢牛婆（母牛） 恩将仇报；以怨报德

11. The calf kicks the cow; repay evil with kindness; return enmity for benevolence.

12. 对牛吟诗 不入耳；难入耳

12. Reciting poetry to cows; not pleasing to the ear; hard to be pleasing to the ear

13. 苍蝇给牛抓痒痒 无济于事

13. The fly scratching the cow's itchy spot is of no help.

14. 吃了鱼钩的牛打架 勾心斗角

14. A cow fights after eating a fish hook; entangled in cunning disputes.

15. 歇后语：按着牛头喝水 勉强不得

15. Pun: Drinking water while holding a bull's head - It's not something one can force.

16. 初生牛犊不怕虎。

16. A newborn calf dares not fear the tiger.

17. 躲过野牛碰上虎 一个更比一个凶

17. Avoiding a bison encounter only to meet a tiger, the latter is even more fierce.

18. 掉在枯井里的牛犊 有劲使不上；有力无处使

18. The calf that fell into the dry well has nowhere to use its strength; it has power but no place to exert it.

19. 初生的牛犊 不怕虎

19. A newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger.

20. 耗子钻牛角 没有出路；死路一条

20. The mouse bores into a cow's horn; there is no way out; it's a dead end.

21. 丢了黄牛撵兔子 不知哪大哪小

21. Losing the cow to chase the rabbit, not knowing which is bigger or smaller.

22. 冬天要铺床，夏天要口塘。

22. In winter, you need to make a bed; in summer, you need to fish in the pond.

23. 疯牛钻进死胡同 不好回头

23. The mad cow has turned into a dead end, it's not easy to turn back.

24. 黄牛打架 死顶

24. Beef cattle fighting, head-butting

25. 丢了一只羊，捡到一头牛 吃小亏占大便宜

25. Lost a sheep, found a cow – took a small loss for a big gain.

26. 打猎的不说鱼网，卖驴的不说牛羊 三句话不离本行

26. Those who hunt do not mention fishnets, and those who sell donkeys do not mention cattle and sheep. Three sentences cannot be separated from their trade.

27. 不怕千次使，就怕一次累。

27. It's not the fear of doing something a thousand times that matters, but the fear of overexerting oneself just once.

28. 画上的春牛 中看不中用

28. The cow depicted in the painting is good to look at but not to use.

29. 穿了鼻子的牛 让人牵着走

29. A cow with a nose ring leads people to walk it.

30. 每天三个饱，膘往牛上跑。

30. Having three full meals a day, the fat runs towards the oxen.

31. 躲过了老虎，又撞上了野牛 一个比一个凶（比喻灾祸一个比一个严重。）

31. Escaped from the tiger, only to run into a wild bull; one disaster is more fierce than the other (a metaphor for disasters becoming increasingly severe one after another.)

32. 端公（巫师）吹牛角，道士吹海螺 各师各教

32. The shaman (witch doctor) blows a hunting horn, the Taoist blows a conch shell, each sect, each doctrine.

33. 点灯省油，耕田爱牛。

33. Lighting up saves oil, and loving cattle is good for farming.

34. 笨牛吃麻雀 不好捉弄

34. The foolish ox eats magpies; it's not good to tease.

35. 苍蝇飞进牛眼里 找累（泪）吃

35. A fly flies into a cow's eye looking for tears to eat.

36. 耕地里甩鞭子 吹（催）牛

36. Swinging a whip on the field, boasting (or bragging).

37. 过河的牛尾巴 拽（zhu

37. The cow's tail dragging over the river

38. 冬牛不瘦，春耕不愁。

38. The cow does not thin in winter, and there is no worry about spring plowing.

39. 把牛角安在驴头上 四不像

39. To put a bull's horn on a donkey's head, it's neither a bull nor a donkey.

40. 壁上的春牛 离（犁）不得；跟（耕）不得

40. The spring ox on the wall cannot be separated from (the plow); it cannot be followed (for plowing).

41. 灯心上煨牛筋 快不了

41. Boiling beef tendons on the lamp wick won't be quick.

42. 牛跑一趟，一天白放。

42. If the cow runs one trip, a day's work is wasted.

43. 蛤蟆被牛踩 浑身是伤

43. The toad was trampled by the cow, its whole body is injured.

44. 吃的是草，挤出的是奶。

44. What is eaten is grass, what is produced is milk.

45. 灯草套牯牛（公牛） 动不得

45. The lantern grass bull (bull) cannot be moved.

46. 黑天捉牛 摸不着角

46. He who tries to catch the dark sky cannot touch its horns.

47. 放牛娃去放马 乱套了；乱了套

47. The shepherd boy went to tend horses, causing chaos; it was a mess.

48. 灯草打老牛 不痛不痒；无关痛痒

48. Thatching a bull with reeds - not painful, not itchy; not related to pain or itching.

49. 丢了黄牛撵（ni n追赶）蚊子

49. Lost the cow and chased away the mosquitoes (pursuing them)

50. 布袋里装牛角 内中有弯

50. The sack contains cow horns; inside there are curved ones.

51. 黄牛脚印水牛踩 一个更比一个歪

51. Ox hoof prints, water buffalo trampling, one is more crooked than the other.

52. 叫牛坐板凳 办不到；没法办，

52. It's impossible to make a cow sit on a stool; it can't be done.

53. 人吃牛饭，不能蛮干。

53. When people eat cattle food, they cannot act recklessly.

54. 牛栏通风，牛力无穷。

54. Good ventilation in the cowshed, cows have endless strength.

55. 金壳郎（金龟子）赶牛 自不量力；不自量

55. Jin Ke Lang (Golden Beetle) driving cattle; overestimating oneself.

56. 对着牛嘴打喷嚏（pen ti） 吹牛

56. To sneeze into the cow's mouth (pen ti) is to吹牛 (blow one's own trumpet).