drown one's worries in drink

die a martyr to one's country(die for one's country)

Nine enemies

feel deeply grateful till death

repeat the same old tunes(beat over the old ground)

I have long been looking forward to meeting you

bring somebody out of the pit of misery

make a cat's paw of somebody(use the hand of)

be widely known

rely on sb. for a living

fail to distinguish between the good and the bad

return to one's vomit(have a recurrence of an old illness)

take the wrong and make the best of it

to have evil thoughts at the sight of riches(be moved to commit crimes by sight of money)

rely upon somebody when hungry and flee when satisfied

start an uprising

inconsequential matters

never yield in spite of reverses

All the gongs and drums are beating.

the gallbladder of a sword and the heart of a lute