You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
Put himself upon his good behavior.
Put himself upon his good behavior.
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.
As cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.