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To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
To have a smattering knowledge of anything.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
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.
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
