getting more serious

like the rising sun(have great expectations)

family ruined or dead

sunset(The sun declines westward.)

long time

let things take their own course(give free rein to)

as easy as to pick a blade of grass from the ground

Intimate affection

ask for trouble

Man's life is like boarding in this world.

stir up trouble

Good ideas come at times of crisis.

grow every day

noticeable(hold the stage)

a frequent and welcomed guest

busily engaged in warfare

be under somebody's thumb(on toast)

starving(dine with Duke Humphrey)

lose both one's money and life(with loss of life and wealth)

in (the) course of time