With tooth and nail.

With tooth and nail.

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.

The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]

The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

Needle in a bottle of hay.

Needle in a bottle of hay.

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

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 give importance to trifling matters.

To give importance to trifling matters.