the wells are dry and the fences are dilapidated

polish a composition

wink at somebody

be at ease

look for in all directions

pound one's feet and beat one's breast

unimportant people

(a desolate scene of)broken walls

obtain one and long for ten(Avarice is never satisfied.)

nose under the tent

run around here and there(bustle about; drive from pillar to pillar; go in all directionsfor; run to and fro)

an ordinary kind of people

(a desolate scene of) broken walls(be incomplete and broken)

make a long story short

borrow all around

up hill and down dale

the autocrat and traitor to the people

take an oath

There is honour among thieves.

prominent officials and eminent personages