A friend of a friend is good pals with the lead singer.
我一个朋友的朋友跟那个主唱歌手是朋友。
In the deepest water is the best fishing.
绝处能逢生。
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them.