WHAT does this quote mean, I just can't figure it out? URGENT 10 pts!?

Question

I've looked up the words I'm not familiar with and I still can't put together what it is trying to get across, so here's the quote:

"2. Above all, we cannot play ducks and drakes with a native battery of idioms which prescribes egregious collocations of vocables as the Basic put up with for tolerate, or put at a loss for bewilder."

Answer 1

"Playing Ducks and Drakes" in this context means to mess around with or to chop and change without notice.

"A native battery of idioms  which prescribes egregious collocations of vocables" means a  collection of native (or popular) sayings that describe outrageously bad and reprehensible groups of outspoken words such as the basic "put up with" (meaning to tolerate or put up with it) or to deliberately bewilder the onlooker by just letting it go by not seeming to care.

As for a contemporary equivilent given that this passage is spoken in a political context, how about - "You can fool some of the people all of the time but  you can't fool all of the people some of the time."

Answer 2

Oh, my gosh. I can't really help you here. Where in the world did you get it. As for the words you don't know, check out one of the many dictionary web sites online to help you out. I include a link or two to get you started. The best thing is to just go to the source and learn it from the pros.