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