perseverance will prevail(Little strokes fell down strong oaks.)

dodge about(palter with)

generation after generation(from generation to generation)

неспособный к физическому труду

parently love(very affectionate toward one's children)

on somebody's (or one) head(fall backwards with hands and legs in the air)

seek private gain at public expense

skinny(as thin as a whipping post)

be infinitely resourceful(be superhuman with three heads and six arms;have the strength of ten)

be at home anywhere

women whose professions are either illegitimate or disreputable

honest and sincere(be true and earnest)

the rights and wrongs(merits and demerits)

a favour done at little cost to oneself

a heaven of peace and happiness

frenzied(be perverse; as mad as March hare; be seized with crazy ideas; have cracked brains)

speak with caution(absolute refusal to talk with one's mouth sealed more than once)

punish sb. according to law

without a cent to my name(be not worth a cent)

be parted in life and separated by death