1 old practice

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 mad

2 wild

3 violent

1 crazy

2 frantic

3 extreme popularity

1 familiarity at first sight

1 the ways of the world

1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction

2 a volte-face

3 to change old practices

1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement

2 Things haven't changed at all.

1 to be one's old self (idiom)

2 to be unchanged

3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways

1 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis