悉聽尊便： As you wish
言之過早： You can never tell.
It's too early to (do)
not come close to (sth)
早知今日，何必當初： It's your own fault.
I should have (done)
If I had known (that...) , I would have (done)
秀色可餐： be a feast to the eye (usually said of a very attractive woman, sometimes of beautiful scenery)
先苦後甜： 1.No sweet without sweat.
2.Pleasure comes through toil
3. first take pain, and then enjoy pleasure
4.Business before pleasure. (先苦後甜／先辦正事。)
雕蟲小技： insignificant skill;
the trifling skill of a scribe;
literary skill of no high order
lesser talent
無功而返： end in vain
return with empty hands(我譯的)
先發制人： gain the initiative by striking the first blow;
forestall the enemy
take preemptive measures(采取先發制人的手段 )
anticipate the enemy;
get the drop on sb.;
wipe sb.'s eye
大動幹戈： make a big fuss
--The two nations went to war over a territorial dispute.
(兩國為了領土問題大動幹戈。)
如意算盤： wishful thinking
count one's chickens before they are hatched
(蛋尚未孵先數雛；過早樂觀；打如意算盤)
[打如意算盤 indulge in wishful thinking
打亂了他的如意算盤 upset his smug calculations]
趾高氣揚： high and mighty
consequential
(趾高氣揚，目中無人 give oneself airs and look down one's nose at everybody )
走投無路： be driven from pillar to post
have no way out
at bay
(逼得走投無路 be driven (or pushed) to the wall
窮困潦倒，走投無路 be down-and-out and have no place to turn)
滔天大罪： [成語] a monstrous crime;
a heinous crime;
a towering crime
無價之寶： 1. Of inestimable value, extremely precious
2. priceless
3. invaluable
紅顏知己： [成語] pretty young lady bosom friend
female intimate
晴天霹靂： a bolt from the blue
a thunder from the clear sky
(come as) a thunderbolt
再接再厲： work harder and harder
(他們百折不撓，再接再厲，終於達到了目的。 The goal has been finally attained through their dauntless and persistent efforts.)
束手無策： be at one’s wits end
over a barrel
at the end of one's rope
at the end of one's tether
以禮相待： treat sb. with courtesy