1 . Rises with the lark
2 . Vexed question
3 . Took off
4 . Close-fisted man
5 . Be through
6 . Have a finger in every pie
7 . To set the themes on fire
8 . Dog in a manger
9 . Read between the lines
10 . A wild goose chase
11 . Make believe
12 . As the crow flies
13 . A bee hive
14 . A wide berth
15 . To the letter
16 . Eat humble pie
17 . A bird’s eye view
18 . Make a mountain out of a molehill
19 . Ended in smoke
20 . Made a bee line
21 . Left someone high and dry
22 . Taken aback
23 . Feet of clay
24 . Back to square one
25 . Back me
26 . Hold water
27 . Wild goose chase
28 . Cock and bull story
29 . Going places
30 . Taking French leave
31 . All thumbs
32 . Turned a deaf ear to
33 . Vote with their feet
34 . Take French leave
35 . In the air
36 . Put in a nutshell
37 . Put by
38 . Threw up my cards
39 . At one's wit's end
40 . Strike a chord
41 . A red letter day
42 . Laying it on thick
43 . At his wit’s end
44 . Draw the line
45 . Go through the hoops
46 . Arm chair critic
47 . Play ducks and drakes
48 . Kept a level head
49 . Call it a day
50 . Alma mater
51 . Gone through
52 . To Eat humble pie
53 . Make up one's mind
54 . Go at equal speed
55 . Down to earth
56 . The jury is out
57 . In two minds
58 . To carve out a niche
59 . Be led by the nose
60 . A closefisted man
61 . Set about
62 . On cloud nine
63 . A chip of the old block
64 . Snake in the grass
65 . At loggerheads
66 . Under the weather
67 . Getting hotter
68 . Brought the house down
69 . On the same page
70 . Go Dutch
71 . Hook, lie and sinker
72 . Spilled the beans
73 . Clean hands
74 . A flying visit
75 . Out of sorts
76 . No spring chicken
77 . A golden mean
78 . In the soup
79 . To win laurels
80 . To cut the gordian knot
81 . Batten down the hatches
82 . Pulls no punches
83 . Take after
84 . As daft as a brush
85 . Curtain Lecture
86 . Chapter and verse
87 . Feather his nest
88 . A bird' eye view
89 . Go back to the drawing board
90 . The gnomes of Zurich
91 . Stormed out
92 . With might and main
93 . Go for the Jugular
94 . Feeling in my gut
95 . Make amends for
96 . In the nick of time
97 . The salt of the earth
98 . Ducks and drakes
99 . Put my foot down
100 . Flies off at a tangent
101 . To keep the wolf away from the door