There is not room to swing a cat.
The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes. The '[holding] the eel of science by the tail' allusion was used in 1728 by Alexander Pope (q.v.).