Keep some extra money for a rainy day

to help a villain do evil;(lit. to act as accomplice to the tiger)

to act as guide to a tiger

draw water to one's mill

very little;next to nothing

negligible;insignificant

hold high hopes for one's child

to console oneself with illusions;feed on fancies (lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums)

to be far too inferior (lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up)

to kick down the ladder

A mill cannot grind with the water that is past

The past has vanished (from memory) like wind; What in past, is past

Better late than never

better late than never;to remedy the situation (lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost)

Better late than never./ It's never too late to mend

the lords of creation

not a single miss in a thousand times

good luck;best wishes;all the best

Everything is difficult at the start

return sth. to the owner in good condition (lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao)