be abstemious in one's use of ink

trouble from within

walk aimlessly

look ahead(play it close to one's chest)

bear/hold a grudge against(owe somebody a spite)

be very noisy for a time(bluster for a time)

Keep one's heart as hard as the nether millstone

turn pale with echo (thunder)

shake with fear

roll up the empire like a mat

One's heart is like dead ashes.

Blood Sea hatred

play the finger game over one's cups

Let him ridicule and scold.

terror-stricken(be out of one's wits)

rotten stumps and withered trees(senile or sick person)

be in one's later days(be on one's last legs)

Burning with impatience

one after another in close succession

extremely lonely