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井井有條；井然有序

in apple-pie order

My wife likes to keep everything in apple-pie order.

三心兩意

in two minds

My wife thinks we should go to South Korea for our holiday, but I'm still in two minds about it.

九牛一毛；滄海一粟；杯水車薪

a drop in the ocean/bucket

The money we collected for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster is really just a drop in the ocean.

一不做，二不休

in for a penny, in for a pound

He was found stealing money from his landlady by her daughter. "In for a penny, in for a pound," he muttered to himself and then killed the little girl.