形容冬末春初气侯忽冷忽热，冷热不定。

Suddenly warm, yet still cold

犹言尾大不掉。旧时比喻部下的势力很大，无法指挥调度。现比喻机构庞大，指挥不灵。

A big tail is hard to turn

本为唐代诗人顾况以白居易的名字开玩笑。后比喻居住在大城市，生活不容易维持。

Living in Chang'an is not easy

使富有的人安定，贫穷的人得到救济。

Be rich and help the poor

晋武帝时，何曾生活豪奢，食日费万钱，犹云无下箸处。后用以形容富人饮食奢侈无度。

No place to set the chopsticks

用来比喻人从光明走向黑暗，或者从良好的处境而进入劣境。。

Going down to Qiaoqian Valley

踩着老虎尾巴，走在春天将解冻的冰上。比喻处境非常危险。

treading on the tail of a tiger or walking on the ice in springtime

以橡实为饭，豆叶为羹。泛指饮食粗劣。

Oak roots and aromatic herbs consumption

比喻在平时要想到可能发生的困难和危险。

Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it

到处奔波。多指为生活所迫或为某一目的四处奔走活动。

rush about or around

偃仰：俯仰。指没有一定的主张，随大流。

tag along with the trend of the times drift with the current, having no definite views of ones own

指生活清苦，为人清白。同“饮冰食蘖”。

Drinking ice and swallowing bitter herbs

白天黑夜警戒。比喻防范严密。

keep a close watch day and night be on the alert round the clock

豪富的商人。

wealthy merchants

吃在冷水里浸过的瓜果。形容暑天消夏的生活。

floating melons and plums submerged in water pursue summer joys

为祖先增添光荣。旧指光耀门庭。

reflect credit on the fore-fathers add luster to the ancestors bring glory to ones family and ancestors

维持一家人的生活。

support ones family

比喻不随便结交朋友。也比喻清闲无事。同“清风明月”。

Clear breeze and bright moon

形容处境十分困难，进退两难，无处容身。同“进退无路”。

No path forward or back

人民富裕，国家强盛。

the people live in plenty and the country is strong