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.

Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.

Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.

To give importance to trifling matters.

To give importance to trifling matters.

As leopard feels at home with leopard.

As leopard feels at home with leopard.

As clear as a whistle.

As clear as a whistle.

To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.

To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.

To cut a whetstone with a razor.

To cut a whetstone with a razor.

Within a stone's throw of it.

Within a stone's throw of it.

A thorn in the flesh.

A thorn in the flesh.