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No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
