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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.
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
To say that which is instructive and also pleasing.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
To grow a philosopher's beard.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
