By hooke or crooke.

By hooke or crooke.

Cut and come again.

Cut and come again.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.

As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.

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

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

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.

A flea in his ear.

A flea in his ear.

Within a stone's throw of it.

Within a stone's throw of it.

To have a smattering knowledge of anything.

To have a smattering knowledge of anything.