give fits

[give a hard time] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To give trouble by what you do or say; complain. * /Jane gave her mother a hard time on the bus by […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fit

[fit] See: [BY FITS AND STARTS], [GIVE FITS], [HAVE A FIT] or [HAVE FITS], [IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT], [SEE FIT] also [THINK FIT], [SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

give out

[give out] {v.} 1. To make known; let it be known; publish. * /Mary gave out that she and Bob were going to be married./ 2. To let escape; give. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

by fits and starts

[by fits and starts] or [jerks] {adv. phr.} With many stops and starts, a little now and a little more later; not all the time; irregularly. * /He had worked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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тянуть за язык

[тянуть за язык] {v. phr.} {literally} To pull someone by the tongue. To make someone say smt; to pump someone. […]

pull out

[pull out] {v. phr.} 1. To withdraw; leave unceremoniously. * /The defeated army hastily pulled out of the occupied […]

put a bug in one's ear

[put a bug in one's ear] or [put a flea in one's ear] See: [BUG IN ONE'S EAR].

Soren Kierkegaard

In relation to their systems most systematisers are like a man who builds an enormous castle and lives in a shack close by; […]