Scratching an itch from outside the boot.
More Chinese Proverbs:
You want no one to know it? Then don't do it.Chinese
A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.
Chinese
To talk goodness is not good . . . only to do it is.
Chinese
Good deeds never leave home, bad ones echo a thousand miles.
Chinese
An accidental meeting is more pleasant than a planned one.
Chinese
As a daughter grows up she is like smuggled salt.
Chinese