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three_skips_of_a_louse
three skips of a louse
English
Adverb
- (idiomatic) said about some trifling or insignificant matter
- Jonathan Swift, “Mrs Frances Haris's Petition”
- ’Tis not that I value the money three skips of a louse:
But the thing I stand upon is the credit of the house.
- ’Tis not that I value the money three skips of a louse:
- Jonathan Swift, “Mrs Frances Haris's Petition”