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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.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
This is a pretty flimflam.
This is a pretty flimflam.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
To build castles in Spain.
To build castles in Spain.