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Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
This is a pretty flimflam.
This is a pretty flimflam.
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
