Nine to nine

be personally on the scene(personally experience the situation)

narrow-minded

So poor as to have no room to stick an awl on

be in fashion for a period(be in fashion for a time)

Constant dripping wears the stone.

rippleless(without even a ripple)

be light of fingers(sticky fingers)

kill somebody and set fire to something(fire and sword)

gentle

a friend until death(Damon and Pythias)

be quite fortunate(One's luck is in.)

hate bitterly

poets and writers

be thoughtful and farseeing

have an abhorrence of(have an intense hatred against)

swear to be loyal forever(swear to die rather than submit)

Human effort can achieve anything.

be woolgathering(be in a trance)

be in a trance(suffer from dizzy spells)