not have enough money to cover the expenses(be unable to cope with a situation; be in straitened circumstances)

wallow in degeneration(abandon oneself to vice)

fuss about trifles

rouse the deaf and awaken the unhearing

Sit idle and eat, and in time one's whole fortune will be used up

Dull and dull

Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom); dilemma; quandary

thrive

generation after generation of descendants

Unselfish to the public

Exaggerate

reap where one has not sown

vegetate

a short distance away

for generations(from generation to generation)

cannot distinguish whether it's genuine or fake,true or false

journey north and south (travel extensively )

to stuff one's pockets; to take bribes

real swords, real spears (idiom); the genuine article; very much for real; every bit real; real weapons

lit. to value males and belittle females (idiom)