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Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
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.]
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.