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From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.
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.
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
This is a pretty flimflam.
This is a pretty flimflam.
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.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]