吃壹塹，長壹智。
2)look for a needle in a haystack.
大海撈針
3)put all cards on the table.
開誠布公；攤牌、如實說出
4)be neither fish,flesh,nor good red herring.
不倫不類；非驢非馬
5)six of one and half a dozen of the other.
半斤八兩，不相上下
6)catch at shadows.
捕風捉影
7)a kettle fish,
糟糕透頂；壹塌糊塗；壹團糟
8)on one's uppers
窮困潦倒
9）blow hot and cold.
搖擺不定；喜怒無常；舉棋不定，猶豫不決
10)put the cart before the horse
本末倒置