Chinese Idioms Containing “羊”

Never too late to fix

Literal: Fix pen after lost sheep

Exploit small opportunities

Literal: Conveniently lead away a sheep

Artistry that leaves no trace

Literal: The antelope hangs by its horns

Too many choices lead nowhere

Literal: The sheep lost among the forking roads

A small loss that yields a greater gain

Literal: Lose a sheep, gain an ox

Imposing outside, timid within

Literal: A sheep's substance in a tiger's hide

Unstoppable force against the defenceless

Literal: A tiger loose in the flock

A narrow, winding, difficult road

Literal: A path like a sheep's gut

Advertise one thing and deliver another

Literal: Hang a sheep's head, sell dog meat

Unbending loyalty through long hardship

Literal: Su Wu herds sheep

A modest person who yields to others

Literal: The scholar of the thin sheep

Bring gifts to celebrate or give thanks

Literal: Lead a sheep and carry wine

Walk helplessly into certain danger

Literal: A sheep enters a tiger's mouth

Substitute one thing for another

Literal: Exchange a sheep for an ox

Preserve a form so its meaning survives

Literal: Love the rite, keep the sheep

Too many officials for too few people

Literal: Ten sheep, nine shepherds

Send the weak against the strong to certain defeat

Literal: Drive sheep to attack a tiger

Stuck, able neither to advance nor retreat

Literal: A ram butts the fence

An incorruptible official who refuses gifts

Literal: Yang Xu hangs up the fish