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With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
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 cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
As leopard feels at home with leopard.
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.
Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which
sticks.
[Fr., Calumniez, calumniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.]
Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which
sticks.
[Fr., Calumniez, calumniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.]
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.