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To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
As good as a play.
As good as a play.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
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.]
