defer to each other

display only a small part of one's talent

want twopence in the shilling

decrepit be stricken in years(get old and weak)

be ablaze with anger(look very angry)

a surge of great fury(One's fury flames to the sky.)

be soft inside despite one's hard show

glare at

be sentimentally attached to each other

a man should get married on coming of age

crossdress(a man in drag)

A girl of age should be married.

have the gift of gab

choose death before disgrace(rather die than be humiliated)

mutter(mutter away to oneself)

camp around(camp it up)

exceptionably commendable estimable

hang one's head(with head hanging)

an ossified way of thinking

make up the deficits and get surpluses