smash with one stroke

be shabby in dress

spread and error

cancel once for all

a limited view

read ten lines of writhing with one single glance

put to silence

hold oneself aloof from the world

be for gone in love with sb. or sth.

spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar

deficit spending(eat one's corn in the blade; Count the chickens before they are worm; eat next year's food this year)

birds of a feather(be cut from/out of the same cloth; nothing to choose between them; jackals from the same lair)

echo each other at a distance(coordinate with each other over a distance; echo from afar)

get to the heart of the matter in few words

act in disregard of other people's opinions

kick against the pricks(throw straws against the wind)

netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld; Hades

revell in one's high position and seek comfort

forces of evil as ghosts and goblins(every descrption)

to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)