to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses

not sure, not having much confidence

a big-mouth; 'shoot one's mouth off' (mostly applied to women)

leader; person-in-charge

in power (slang)

to make decision

holding (spoken)

to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; pretend to have authority over something which one don't have (slang)

verb; shake hand

describes a person who is in poverty and has to beg for money like a beggar

in-charge (slang)

to act as a matchmaker

person in charge (project, team, triad etc)

adj; in charge

(noun) a handshake; (usually referring to a valuable object) 'a grasp on' / 'the ownership of' / '(to have) it in hand'

(slang) surety; assurance; firmly in one's grasp

person in charge or handling funds or accounts

doing something the exact way as it should be (impartially / fairly), i.e. 'by the book'

being strict in complying with the rules / laws / regulations and not willing to bend the rules

to pee, to urinate

to hold water kettle, to work as waiter / waitress / server

to knead or grab the breasts

to take advantage of one's mistake or fault

it is used to described clothes that fit one's waist very well, or are very tight around the waist part

to steer a boat; to be at the helm

(verb) to drive

literally meaning to hold a 'metal pen' (usually refers to a crow bar), describes someone who use manual tools (often metallic) to make a living, compared to those who uses a pen to make a living (office based work)

verb; catch someone's weaknesses; look for flaws

(slang) to endure difficult circumstances because someone is ill-fated; to swallow an insult

verb; literally grasp the neck, when we say " 揸頸就命" which mean swallow insult and humiliation silently; control oneself and suppress one's indignation