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