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As cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
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.]
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
