1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
忆苦思甜
yì kǔ sī tián
1 to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
拙嘴笨舌
zhuō zuǐ bèn shé
1 lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom); awkward speaker
樱桃小嘴
yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ
1 lit. cherry mouth (idiom)
2 fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth
满嘴跑火车
mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chē
1 (idiom) to have a glib tongue
2 to talk big
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel