time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
as always; the same as it always is
in crowds (of spectators); in great numbers
like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; (lit.) first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare