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To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
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.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
As cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
