catch up with; overtake; match

and; with; as well as

reach; come up to; extend

(verb)/Match up;/Catch up (with time or someone)

as sudden as lightning; with lightning speed

慢條斯理

a sudden peal of thunder leaves no time for covering the ears

(a swift clap of thunder leaves no time for one to cover the ears); to be extremely sudden and swift

come up to

It can be regarded as…; as good/ competent as

get the innocent bystanders into trouble in a disturbance; being implicated and gotten into trouble

(idiom) innocent/ bystander get into a trouble or get involved in an situation or affair of others

not as good as...

not as… as

on time; timely; promptly; without delay

Egypt

可望而不可即

unattainable; inaccessible

within sight but beyond reach

unprepared; caught by suprise; caught off guard; ill-prepared; unable to cope with due to suddeness

inquires about

Goods and Service Tax; GST

have absolutely nothing to do with each other; be totally unrelated

until; up to

mention; reference

timely help; literally it means timely rain

take into account, take into consideration

(verb) Concern about

too impatient to wait; unable to hold oneself back

to go too far is as bad as not going far enough;

to enjoy or to have fun before it's too late; seize the day:

an idiom telling people to live for the moment, have fun and to enjoy the present instead of worrying about the future.

love me, love my dog; he that loves the tree loves the branch

love for a house extends even to the crows on its roof

variant of 開口𤜯着脷

(literally: to open one's mouth and bite one's tongue); to be consistently saying the wrong thing

put oneself in the place of another

put oneself in sb's shoes; treat others as you would like to be treated

cannot wait

too excited to wait; too urgent to wait

at the earliest; as soon as possible, ASAP

beyond one's expectation