Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

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.]

As clear as a whistle.

As clear as a whistle.

The coast was clear.

The coast was clear.

The fat's all in the fire.

The fat's all in the fire.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

With tooth and nail.

With tooth and nail.

To cut a whetstone with a razor.

To cut a whetstone with a razor.

By all that's good and glorious.

By all that's good and glorious.