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To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
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.
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
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.]
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
