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As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
Put himself upon his good behavior.
Put himself upon his good behavior.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
This is a pretty flimflam.
This is a pretty flimflam.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
By all that's good and glorious.
By all that's good and glorious.
