With tooth and nail.

With tooth and nail.

A thorn in the flesh.

A thorn in the flesh.

By hooke or crooke.

By hooke or crooke.

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

A flea in his ear.

A flea in his ear.

No better than you should be.

No better than you should be.

The fat's all in the fire.

The fat's all in the fire.

To cut a whetstone with a razor.

To cut a whetstone with a razor.

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.