(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually shallow, insincere and subtly competitive; fake besties; frenemies
1.lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom)2.fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner3.the grass is always greener on the other side
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
1.lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom)2.fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
1.lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree2.fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect3.well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it