suffer a retribution in this life

an outwardly kind but inwardly cruel person(a wolf in lamb's skin)

commit suicide

warn against insubordination by enforcing strict disciplinary action when one first takes office

bluff and bluster

all wool and a yard wide(fly low; occultation; disappear from the scene; keep silent and lie low)

execute the criminal first and report to the emperor afterwards (act first and report afterwards)

rely upon each other for life

raise a big rumpus

little court(tiny regime)

bumpkin(an Arcadian youth)

food ready for the table(unearned gain)

make good use of every moment(value every bit of time)

bloodsucker(leech; vampire; blood-sucking vermin)

penny pincher(scraper; niggard)

suffer a retribution in this life

bode ill rather than well(be fraught with grim possibilities; invite disasters rather than blessings)

thriving with each passing day

talk nonsense

laugh at other's troubles