(coll.) to get one's words mixed up; to misspeak

(coll.) to crack sb's head open (often humorous)

bald head (colloquial)

little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life (idiom)

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom); fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly

solve one problem only to find another cropping up