strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); pak choi; Chinese cabbage
to do something impossible; (lit.) to disembowel oneself with a ladle
coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune