1. Beyond is as wrong as falling short./ Too much is as bad as too little. 过犹不及

2. Harmony brings wealth. 和气生财

3. Spare no effort./Do one's best. 不遗余力

4. be down-to-earth 脚踏实地

5. Courtesy demands reciprocity. 礼尚往来

6. Gain in both fame and wealth. 名利双收

7. be suddenly enlightened 茅塞顿开

8. be too smart by half/cunning out wits itself 弄巧成拙

9. Throw a sprat to catch a mackerel. 一本万利

10. Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌

11. Cut off all means of retreat. 破釜沉舟

12. May all your wish come true. 心想事成

13. Advance with times. 与时俱进

14. to pull together in times of trouble. 同舟共济

15. A contented mind is a continual feast. 知足常乐

16. All the rivers run into the sea. 海纳百川

17. Business is business. 公事公办

18. A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞

19. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不待我

20. Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕

21. Let bygones be bygones. 既往不咎

22. to sit on the fence. 坐山观望

23. No discord, no concord. 不打不成交

24. Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天

25. Custom makes all things easy. 习惯成自然.

26. Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知

27. A timely snow promises a good harvest. 瑞雪兆丰年

28. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实

29. Teach fish to swim. 班门弄斧

30. Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同

31. One is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老

32. Everything comes to him who waits. 好事多磨

33. Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子

34. One cannot make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊

35. Misfortune may be an actual blessing./ Bad luck often brings good luck. 塞翁失马焉知非福

36. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚, 人以群分

37. Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人, 成事在天

38. Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界, 无奇不有

39. to bite off more than you can chew 不自量力

40. Where there's life, there's will. 留得青山在, 不怕没柴烧

41. Rob Peter to pay Paul. 拆东墙补西墙

42. Faith can move mountains. 精诚所至, 金石为开

43. to turn over a new leaf 改过自新

44. Where there is a will, there is a way. 世上无难事, 只要肯攀登

45. To err is human, to forgive is divine. 人非圣贤孰能无过