a room with another room above it

wife

fill a ditch

beat, hit, hammer, strike, knock

to knock on the door

live a life of toil and trouble

beating an ass will not turn it into a horse, nothing can make a born-fool wise

be defamed, be scandalized

lament, grieve, bewail

become bankrupt, become insolvent

to stamp with impatience, or anger, to struggle vainly against difficulties, to throw about the legs (in pain, anguish, or the agonies of death)

to stamp with impatience, or anger, to struggle vainly against difficulties, to throw about the legs (in pain, anguish, or the agonies of death)

get a good thrashing

To be beaten black and blue, to have a thorough beating.

slap own face in regret, rue, repent

something utterly useless

roof a building

to beat the breast (in sorrow), to grieve, to lament, to regret, to repent

proclamation by beat of drum

bargain to be struck