1. icing on the cake? [jǐn shàng tiān huā] Embroider flowers on the brocade. Metaphor makes beautiful things better.

Source: Song and Huang Tingjian's Ode to the Ancestor: "Fu Weng should be praised again; And the picture is icing on the cake. "

Translation: Fu Weng is invited to pay tribute in order to make beautiful things better.

2, soaring? [fú yáo zhí shàng] describes a rapid helicopter. After the metaphor, the official career is successful and the position is rising rapidly. Whirling: a whirlwind that rises sharply.

source: Tang Li Bai's poem "Shang Li Yong": "Dapeng rises with the wind in one day; Soaring up to 9 miles. "

translation: Dapeng will fly with the wind one day, and go straight to the clouds with the wind.

3. In full swing? [rú rì zhōng tiān] Like the sun at noon. Metaphor is when things are at their peak.

Origin: The Book of Songs, Li Feng, Jane Xi, an anonymous book in the pre-Qin period: "The square of the sun is in the front."

It is the red sun shining in the sky, and the dance leader is standing in front.

4. what's the best among people? [rén zhōng qí jì] Qi Ji: a good horse. Metaphor is a person with outstanding talents.

Source: Biography of Southern History and Xu Mian by Tang li yanshou: "This so-called" aiming at a horse from among people "will surely lead to a thousand miles.

Translation: This is a person with outstanding talents, and there will definitely be better development in the future.

5. Being the best in the world? [ti ā n xi à di y: and] describe no one can match.

Source: The History of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Hu Guang by Fan Ye in the Southern Dynasties: "Try to play by chapter, and Andi is the best in the world."

Translation: Examining him in the form of chapter playing, Andy thinks that no one can match Hu Guang.

6, across the world? [zòng héng tiān xià] You can go anywhere in the world without hindrance.

Source: Yuan Chen Yiren's "Save the Filial Piety and Kill the Tiger" is the first fold: "Huang Chao is in the world, and the civil and military officials in the DPRK do not attach importance to the country."

Translation: Huang Chao moves freely in the world, without any hindrance, and the officials in the civil and military circles in the DPRK do not attach importance to the country.

7. how can you make it to heaven? [píng bù dēng tiān] is a metaphor for reaching a high position or realm at once.

Source: Ming Donglugu's Crazy Life "Drunken Stone False Tiger's Antique Flowing Disaster": "Getting an official ... that's stepping on the cloud, and it's a loss."

Translation: Being an official ... achieved a high position at once and gained many benefits.

8. rise to the top? [píng bù qīng yún] Metaphor means that it takes no effort to reach a high position at once. Qingyun: High altitude. Metaphor is high.

Origin: Historical Records Biographies of Fan Sui and Cai Ze by Han Sima Qian: Jia didn't expect you to be above Qingyun.

translation: Jia didn't expect that you could reach a high position without any effort.