# a demanding person
"a stern man" or "a man who expects a lot from his servants"
# You take up what you did not put in
This was probably a proverb that describes someone who benefits from other people's hard work. Alternate translation: "You take out what you did not put in" or "You take out what other people put in"
# you reap what you did not sow
"you gather the fruit of what other people sowed"