bumper crop(good harvest)

moonstruck(be off one's head)

fall on evil days

kill people as one weeds the grasses

fall into utter disrepute(lose all standing and reputation)

One's head and one's body lie in two different places.

make an example of a few to frighten all the rest

Reward and punishment must be punished.

having no good education and manners(lack of cultivation)

the bird that has been injured by the bow

be skilled in literary tricks(drive a quill)

consider oneself always in the right

knowledgable and versatile

regard one's relative as stranger

old acquaintances and new customers

with bare hands(without arms)

tremble with fear

keep the manner and tendency whenever

No time like the present.(Now for it.)

make several cross-examinations(a good many interrogations)