dishonest practices(crooked things)

not a single tile remains(be razed to the ground)

strike the table in surprise

make frivolous remarks about a woman's appearance( find fault;be overcritical)

discriminate against those who hold different views(exclude outsiders)

bustle about(be always on the move)

see but cannot make up one's mind(take aimless step and stare vacantly around)

obtain gold by washing it from sand and gravel(choose the best among a host of things)

Simple

promote somebody specially and not by rank of service

have no fixed abode because of constant traveling

poverty-haunted

gaily dressed

worm-eaten(be run down)

travel or toil night and day

of disheveled hair and dirty face

throw away the scabbard(burn one's ship)

put the trivial above the important

ask in detail(get at the root of)

cook white horse and pheasant