play one's guitar to an ox; waste one's effort

just and fair

attend to one's own virtue in solitude

a dry old stick(stupid; be dull-looking)

hearsay; rumour; gossip

side with copartners against those who disagree

dilapidated(out of line; falling)

be delighted with unexpectedly good results

decide promptly and opportunely

on a public occasion

be in a state of anxiety (fear; feel alarmed)

return to power

The more the better.

blindly copying others and making oneself lookfoolish

lonfused(disorderly; in coherent)

take a superfluous action

stand upright on one's two leg'sbetween heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit

Much will have more.

brag and blare about one's success

lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom); fig. to go alone into enemy lines