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