a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
一鸟在手,胜似二鸟在林/二鸟在林,不如一鸟在手/把握现在,不要空想未来.
too many cooks spoil the soup
厨众多败汤/厨师多了煮坏汤./七手八脚反误事
to pour oil on troubled waters
息事宁人
don't be a dog in a manger
别做—只占着马槽的狗——别占着茅坑不拉屎,别太自私
he is sitting on the fence
他保持中立；采取骑墙态度
he who pays the piper calls the tune
谁付钱,谁点唱；出钱的人做主.
you can't get blood out of a stone
石头里榨不出血来/铁石心肠那有泪/不可缘木求鱼