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- add insult to injury
- all in a day's work
- all the tea in china
- all work and no play
- armed to the teeth
- axe to grind
- beat around the bush
- best foot forward
- bigger than life
- Black sheep
- bright and early
- bull in a china shop
- burning question
- busy as a bee
- by leaps and bounds
- calm before the storm
- caught red-handed
- checkered career
- clam up
- cool as a cucumber
- crocodile tears
- crying need
- dead giveaway
- drastic action
- draw the line
- eager beaver
- ear to the ground
- easier said than done
- eats like a horse
- face the music
- fall on deaf ears
- far cry
- fast and loose
- fat's in the fire
- few and far between
- fill the bill
- fit as a fiddle
- flash in the pan
- flesh and blood
- food for thought
- fresh as a daisy
- gentle as a lamb
- get down to brass tacks
- goes without saying
- grain of salt
- grind to a halt
- head over heels
- high and dry
- high as a kite
- hightail it
- hit the spot
- hold your horses
- hook, line, and sinker
- hook or crook
- hue and cry
- hush money
- in no uncertain terms
- in on the ground floor
- in the nick of time
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in this day and age
- irons in the fire
- last but not least
- last straw
- lean over backward
- leaps and bounds
- leave in the lurch
- let the cat out of the bag
- let well enough alone
- lock, stock and barrel
- mad dash
- make a long story short
- make ends meet
- matter of life and death
- mince words
- month of Sundays
- more than meets the eye
- motley crew
- Mr. Moneybags
- naked truth
- necessary evil
- needle in a haystack
- never a dull moment
- none the worse for wear
- no sooner said than done
- nothing new under the sun
- pet peeve
- pick and choose
- pillar of society
- poor but honest
- powers that be
- pretty as a picture
- fine kettle of fish
- quick as a wink
- rain cats and dogs
- read the riot act
- sadder but wiser
- sell like hotcakes
- shot in the arm
- sick and tired
- smell a rat
- sour grapes
- snail's pace
- squirrel away
- strong as an ox
- stubborn as a mule
- throw in the towel
- throw the book at
- too funny for words
- too little, too late
- turn over a new leaf
- uncharted seas
- untimely end
- vanish into thin air
- wear two hats
- when all is said and done
- wide-open spaces
- wise as an owl
- without further ado
- no gain, no pain
- another day, another dollar
- the early bird gets the worm
- par for the course
- crying shame
- that's life
- a day in the life of
- liquid lunch
- between a rock and a hard place
- whipping a dead horse
- DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
- MURPHY'S LAW
- SKELETON IN THE CLOSET
- bury the hatchet
- spill the beans
- doe-eyed