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