1. 花钱买气受

1. Paying money to be insulted

2. 懒惰出乞丐

2. laziness leads to beggars

3. 多没有意思

3. How boring it is.

4. 有劲没处使

4. Full of energy but nowhere to use it.

5. 旧瓶装新酒

5. New wine in old bottles

6. 有点飘飘然

6. A bit dizzy

7. 人生地不熟

7. Not familiar with the place.

8. 择书如择友

8. Choosing a book is like choosing a friend.

9. 习惯成自然

9. Habit becomes natural.

10. 顾头不顾尾

10. Pay attention to the head but not the tail.

11. 昨日不复来

11. Yesterday will not return.

12. 天生的一对

12. A natural pair

13. 时间见真理

13. Time reveals the truth.

14. 不看不知道

14. You wouldn't know if you didn't look.

15. 无风难驶船

15. No wind, no sailing for the boat.

16. 秀才不出门

16. A scholar does not need to go out of the door.

17. 没用的东西

17. Useless things

18. 风水轮流转

18. The wheel of fortune turns.

19. 好狗不挡道

19. A good dog doesn't block the path.

20. 朽木不可雕

20. Decaying wood cannot be carved.

21. 包在我身上

21. It's on me.

22. 万事开头难

22. It's hard to make a good beginning.

23. 要钱不要脸

23. To ask for money but not care about face.

24. 明知山有虎

24. Knowing the mountain has tigers

25. 吃软不吃硬

25. Be accommodating to softness but not to hardness.

26. 大人有大量

26. The adult has a lot of experience.

27. 水火不相容

27. Water and fire are incompatible.

28. 小人无大志

28. A small person has no grand ambitions.

29. 打开话匣子

29. Open the conversation box

30. 少来这一套

30. Don't pull this stuff on me.

31. 牛不知角弯

31. The ox does not know the curve of its horns.

32. 患难见真情

32. True colors show in adversity.

33. 患难见真交

33. True friendship is tested in adversity.

34. 说不到一块

34. Can't see eye to eye with them.

35. 善始者善终

35. He who begins well ends well.

36. 人多点子多

36. More people, more ideas.

37. 别动手动脚

37. Don't touch me or be inappropriate.

38. 正人先正己

38. A just person first corrects himself.

39. 春雨贵如油

39. Spring rain is as precious as oil.

40. 人小心不小

40. A person is careful with their heart, but not with their hands.

41. 不服也得服

41. You have to accept it even if you don't want to.

42. 富不过三代

42. Wealth does not last beyond the third generation.

43. 无巧不成书

43. "No coincidence in the world of books"

44. 跟人过不去

44. Can't get along with others

45. 不是吃素的

45. Not vegetarian.