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丫头当媒人——自身难保 a maid serving as a matchmaker——hard to protect herself from the danger of being engaged; like a maid serving as a matchmaker, it is hard to pull herself from one’s own crisis Note: The literal meaning of this allegorical saying is that since the maid herself is single, in doing the job of a matchmaker, she herself may fall in love with the man. 热锅上的蚂蚁——走投无路 ants in a hot pot——nowhere to escape; like ants in a hot pot, they find nowhere to escape 秦叔宝卖马——穷途末路 Qin Shubao selling his horse——the last resort to overcome his difficulty; like Qin Shubao selling his horse, they are driven into a dead end Note: Qin Qiong, styled Shubao, was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty. Before becoming a general, he was once penniless and had no way out but to sell his own horse. 白骨精骗唐僧——一计不成又生一计 the White Bone Demon deceiving Monk Tang——when one scheme failed, she turned to another; like the White Bone Demon in trapping Xuanzang, a famous monk from the Tang Dynasty, they have thought out one scheme after another Note: On his way to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, Xuanzang, a famous monk of the Tang Dynasty, met the White Bone Demon, who thought out one scheme after another to deceive the monk so that she could eat the monk and then would prolong her life forever. However, this is the story contained in the fiction entitled Journey to the West. 李林甫当宰相——口蜜腹剑 Li Linfu serving as the prime minister——a man with honey at lips but swords at heart or a honey-mouthed but dagger-hearted man Note: Li Linfu, a prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was notorious for his cunning and people say that he was honey-mouthed but dagger-hearted. 灶王爷扔石头——砸锅 the Kitchen God throwing stones——to break the pot or ruin the matter Note: The literal meaning of zaguo is to break a pot but it is usually used to mean ruining the matter. 飞机上扔炸弹——抬高自己，打击别人 throwing a bomb from a plane——to raise yourself but to attack others; like throwing a bomb from a plane, to raise oneself and attack others (at