Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

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

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

The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]

The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]

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 swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

Add to golden numbers golden numbers.

Add to golden numbers golden numbers.

By all that's good and glorious.

By all that's good and glorious.

Cut and come again.

Cut and come again.

This is a pretty flimflam.

This is a pretty flimflam.