This is a pretty flimflam.

This is a pretty flimflam.

Turn over a new leaf.

Turn over a new leaf.

To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.

To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.

To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.

To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

Cut and come again.

Cut and come again.

Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]

Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]

To give importance to trifling matters.

To give importance to trifling matters.

As leopard feels at home with leopard.

As leopard feels at home with leopard.