Cut and come again.

Cut and come again.

Turn over a new leaf.

Turn over a new leaf.

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 drink away sorrow.

To drink away sorrow.

To have a smattering knowledge of anything.

To have a smattering knowledge of anything.

No better than you should be.

No better than you should be.

With tooth and nail.

With tooth and nail.

By all that's good and glorious.

By all that's good and glorious.

Needle in a bottle of hay.

Needle in a bottle of hay.