keep one's mouth closed

as firm as a rock

make a fresh start(change over to new ways)

die for the sake of the country

stop talking(keep one's mounth closed)

be old stuff

gain little and lose much

be up with the lark(rise with the lark)

beg to be excused

Clever talk and an ingratiating manner

to add fuel to the fire; add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse

In a dilemma

A settled practice is hard to reform.

a huge dragon winding through the waves

promote able men(use the wise and employ the capable)

In an honest partnership

The whole nation becomes mad.

accumulate bit makes too remarkable

dove occupying the magpie's nest

Turn over the sea and river