尺有所短，寸有所长

Explanation: Short: less than, long: more than. Analogy have strengths, but also have weaknesses, each has merit. 　　Usage: Complex sentence; for clauses, attributive; metaphors have their own strengths 　　Source: Chu Qu Yuan's "Songs of the South Buju": "Cardiff has a short foot, inch a director, inadequate materials, Foolish, a few to fail, God has been unreasonable." 　　Examples: But the old saying as long as we faithfully assisted :"~。" Chuang Wang, the total is still place available. (Yao Xueyin "Rereading," the forty-eighth chapter II) Thesaurus:  Every thing has its strong and weak points as a foot is oft-times too short and inch too long, ruler Amount to brief, Inch a director