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Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
To build castles in Spain.
To build castles in Spain.
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
As cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
With tooth and nail.
With tooth and nail.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
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.