intend to come to blows

a velvet paw(a fox in lamb's skin)

oppose each other and also complement each other

ecstasy(be overcome with admiration)

Crime is absent and so jail is empty.

earth-shaking(turn the world upside down)

lots and lots(a good few)

never to bear somebody a grudge(candid; frank)

extremely mysterious and abstruse(mystery of mysteries; extremely mysterious and abstruse)

lose mental control

cultivate one's moral character and mould one’s temperament

hearsay(grapevine news; news from unrelieable or unauthoritative source)

the apple of one's eye(one's most beloved person)

go into ecstasies(be in ecstasies)

run off at the mouth

have been friends for years

thick powerful back and shoulders

намеренно искать повода для скандала

One flaw cannot mar the jade.

sell what one has just made ready