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To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
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.]
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
Made no more bones.
Made no more bones.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Through thick and thin.
Through thick and thin.
