The waters are wide and the mountains high.

use all means of persuasion

Every road leads to Rome.

People's feelings change with the circumstances.

cold ashes and dead trees

not to part from one's book

Inappropriate

Not even a drop of water could have trickled through.

lose the substance for the shadow

part for ever

Cause result

Nothing can hold it back.

arrantly(in disrepute)

The waters are blue and the mountains are green.

some friends(barratrous companions)

too sad to eat

be drunk and act crazy

brave all sacrifices and hardships

Three rivers

come to the end of one's rope(in extremities)