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To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
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.]
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
Add to golden numbers golden numbers.
Add to golden numbers golden numbers.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
