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Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
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.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
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.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
