(figuratively) to pound the table, to put one's foot down

(figuratively) by the sweat of one's brow

(figuratively, idiomatic) to lisp, to have a lisp

to have something in mind, to have an ulterior motive, to be up to something

to scrape by, to live from hand to mouth, to feel the pinch, to have trouble to make ends meet, not to have enough to live

Dated form of ne pas se fouler.

the fish rots from the head

to throw in the towel, to give up

someone who has taken over the role of some other important person, often by devious means and motivated by a lust for power

(literary) dead dogs don't bite (a dead man isn't a threat anymore)