make a spectacle of oneself

call Heaven to witness(cross one's heart)

hear through the grapevine

be not yet betrothed to a man

a pedantic scholar

too late to make preparations

見識がある

(of a married woman) to stay home alone

can't take on(be unable to bear the burden)

Dai Li riding

take great trouble as overturning the river and upsetting the sea

Many of them are missing.

run hither and thither(rush about)

be the only pure and sober one--act independently

swift as the wind and quick as the lightning

Great favours needn't be requited.

valiant as an Essex lion

stand despite time and argument

be terror-stricken

jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)