微不足道
a drop in the ocean：The police crackdown on speeding is just a drop in the ocean in solving Taiwan's traffic problems.

勤能補拙
Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence.

壽終正寢
to die a natural death (to die in one's bed)

寡不擊眾
There is no contending against odds.

對牛彈琴
to cast pearls before swine

禍不單行
Misfortunes?never come single.

飽食終日無所事事
to eat the bread ofidleness

慷他人之慨
to be free with other's money

遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰
Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.

種瓜得瓜種豆得豆
You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap. ?

小Car筆記：
natural death：生理死亡; 自然死亡
kinsman：男親戚 ?【例句】The bride's kinsman gathered to make preparations for the wedding. 新娘的男親屬們聚集在一起為婚禮做準(zhǔn)備。

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