Meanings

upper right (corner)

to ask (humbly)

useless book learning

knee-swing (gymnastics)

gilding the lily

on board a ship

going up and down

extension of a straight line

clearing one's name

this will just be a short note

adding a crowning touch of beauty (to)

merry drinker

good at socializing

social ease (facility, skills)

overriding necessity

unprecedented in history

the first in history

good at business

up and down, left and right

going up and down