一、菱角磨作鸡头。
The water chestnut is ground into chicken head.
二、骑着骆驼赶着鸡。
Driving chickens on camels.
三、杀鸡焉用牛刀。
Kill chickens with a bull's knife.
四、宁为鸡口，无为牛后。
Better a chicken's mouth than a cow's back.
五、偷鸡不成反蚀把米。
Stealing chickens is not a recipe for erosion.
六、小鸡不尿尿。各有各的道。
Chickens do not urinate. Each has its own way.
七、鸡蛋碰石头。
Eggs hit rocks.
八、偷个鸡蛋吃不饱，一个臭名背到老。
Stealing an egg is not enough, and a notorious one goes back to old age.
九、叫去东，偏往西；让打狗，偏撵鸡。
Call east, lean west; let dogs beat, lean to drive out chickens.
一零、鸣得响的鸡，下的蛋就少。
Chickens that sing loudly lay fewer eggs.
一一、杀鸡取金蛋。
Kill the chicken for the golden egg.
一二、拿着鸡毛当令箭。
Take chicken feathers as arrows.
一三、手无缚鸡之力。
Hands have no power to bind chickens.
一四、宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
一五、挨打的狗去咬鸡。
The beaten dog went to bite the chicken.
一六、犬守夜，鸡司晨。
Dog watches, Chicken Division Morning.
一七、三更灯火五更鸡，正是男儿读书时。
It's the man who reads when he's going to school.
一八、鸡蛋还未孵，先别数鸡雏。
Don't count the chickens before the eggs are hatched.
一九、未晚先投宿，鸡鸣早看天。
Bed before night, cock crows early to see the sky.