hard and cruel

poor clothing and meagre meal

All in all

be past expression

chaste(pure)

lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard

Shoulder to shoulder

humble words but rich and generous gifts

Half-dead

hide a malicious intent

to be beyond the common(to be out of the common run)

can't tell how many there are (there being countless similar cases)

win victory without battle

Supercilious

have a nimble tongue

to yield to all the wishes

Grey-haired

act with justice

fatal disease(gone under)

to see ghosts in broad daylight(pure fantasy)