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To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
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.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
To build castles in Spain.
To build castles in Spain.
