• how goes the enemy?, how goes the time?, what is the time?, what time is it?
• to cast the gorge, to cast up the gorge
• to flout, to thumb one's fingers at, to thumb one's nose at
• to put to the edge of the sword
• to turn a complete somersault
• to waste one's breath, to waste words
• to huddle sg up, to huddle together sg
• to cartwheel, to do cartwheels, to turn cart-wheels, to turn cartwheels, to turn pin-wheels
• to thumb his nose at sg
• to bite one's thumb at sy
• to cast sg in sy's teeth, to throw sg in sy's teeth