be dead to all feeling(be lost to all feeling)

at loose ends(have an uncertain future)

be brainless

Askew

Very sorrowful

be all of one mind(shoulder to shoulder)

at the point of death

other circumstances; other feelings

convention(rules and regulations)

all one's previous efforts wasted

clear soup(light soup)

deceptive talk(gammon and spinach)

full of power and grandeur

one thousand doors with ten thousand families

rally about(work together in a coalition)

have boundless prospects(a boundless future)

never to dry up(overflowingly abundant)

forsake old for new(turn over a new leaf)

pitch-dark(be completely in the dark)

be at leisure