一籌莫展

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

筹 = ⺮ + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.

莫 = 艹 + 日 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: 莫扎特, Mozart. Mozart (莫) is giving a concert in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He is sourroundes by sheets of artificial lawn (艹), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch the lawn, it is guarded by a big robot (大). Mahatma Gandhi (m) is in the audience and in the middle of the concert he jumps on the lawn to protest against the sun (日), who is also in the audience, because the sun is responsible for draughts which threaten the farmers. In the end the robot has to carry Gandhi away.

展 = 尸 + 井 + 𧘇 : James II of England (zh) and the ghost (尸) developed (展) a new business in the anthill's living room (an3). The ghost scares the visitors so much that they fall into a well (井), and James II of England helps them get out of it using a step ladder (𧘇). As their business grows and develops (展), they can both benefit: the ghost gets to scare lots of people, and James II of England gains lots of street credibility by helping their victims.