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Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it read more
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
