Fun and fresh idioms(好玩新鲜的成语)

Some interesting and fresh idioms are as follows: “守株待兔” can be translated as “wait for gains without pains by trusting chance and windfalls”. It tells a story of a farmer waiting by a stump for a hare. “刻舟求剑” is “cut a mark on the side of one's boat to indicate the place where one's sword has dropped into the water and look for it there”. It implies being inflexible in thinking. These idioms not only have unique meanings but also show the wisdom and creativity of Chinese language.