And if you happen to turn one of them over, you'd discover not the single row of belly scales characteristic of snakes but several rows of small scales indicative of lizardry.

Lorenzo: In such a night / Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, / And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, / As far as Belmont. Jessica: In such a night / Did young Lorenzo swear he lov'd her well, / Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, / And ne'er a true one. Lorenzo: In such a night / Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, / Slander her love, and he forgave it her.

English fever = the overwhelming desire to (1) acquire English, (2) ensure that one's children acquire English, as a second or foreign language.

Get a life.