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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.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
