where the treacle in flies will buzz, proposals for a marriageable girl

(curse) may it be ruined! may it be crushed under stone!

be impervious, be ruined, to fall into a misfortune, be successful, to hall

expect mercy from a cruel person or benevolence from a miser

lose one's sense

to be unlucky, bad luck

stone cutter, stonemason

did not learn anything

bedrock

be unable to understand, lose sense

withdraw from a difficult undertaking

hard hearts never melt, refers to someone who is impervious to advice or appeal

to petrify, be like a statue, act as a deaf-mute

to get something done through a highly unlikely and unexpected avenue like through a cruel, miserly or unaffectionate person