(of woman)remarry with children by a previous husband

one who are good at calculating

count kin with(make advances)

local despot

luck in love affairs(good luck)

play the main role(play an important part)

pillar of support(mainstay; leading light)

hinder (or impede) somebody(be a drag on somebody; hold somebody back)

get into trouble(make a mess of something; make a blunder)

iron rice bowl (a secure job)(unbreakable rice bowl)

run round in circles(run hither and thither)

iron cock(a stingy person;miser)

fall guy(scapegoat)

clodhopper(bumpkin; barkwoodsman; boor; dott; yokel)

scapegoat(fall guy)

heaven rending asunder and earth cracking

do everything to help(curry favour on the sly)

ideal

united front

keep cool