show respect to the virtuous and courtesy to the scholarly

Strike while the iron is hot.

recommend and appoint upright people and dismiss crooked people

die with one's ambition unfulfilled

A drop in the bucket

a forest of sabres and a mountain of swords

with spur and yard

do one's utmost

be in a fix

Retreat

Invaluable advice

almost despair of living(hardly care to live)

Lay bare the burden

think of owl at the sight of bullets

In a dilemma

relapse into(The dog returns to its vomit.)

exceed the proper limits in righting a wrong

ride on the mists and clouds

do domestic work for oneself

to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible