A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A chip off the old block
A king’s ransom
A pig in a poke
A race against time
A shot in the dark
A slip of the tongue
A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Achilles' heel
Add fuel to the fire
An ace up one’s sleeve
At a snail’s pace
At least
At the drop of a hat
Babe in the woods
Bag some rays
Bark up the wrong tree
Be all ears
Be all eyes
Be in the red
Be meat and drink to someone
Be somebody’s middle name
Be worth its weight in gold
Bear a grudge
Beat about the bush
Beat the drum
Birds of a feather flock together
Blind as a bat
Bow and scrape
Break the ice
Bring home the bacon
Burning the candle at both ends
By hook or by crook
Call a spade a spade
Can’t do something for toffee
Castles in the air
Come down on you like a ton of bricks
Come out of the shell
Come rain or shine
Cook one’s own goose
Cost an arm and a leg
Cry over spilt milk
Curiosity killed the cat
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched
Down the drain
Drop the ball
Face the music
Fair crack of the whip
Fall flat on one’s face
Fears of one’s own shadow
Feather in one’s cap
Fight tooth and nail
Find one’s feet
Fit as a flea
Floating on air
Fly the nest
Get cold feet
Get down to brass tacks
Get off the track’
Get one’s ducks in a row
Give it a whirl
Go ape
Go the extra mile
Go with the flow
Green about the gills
Have a bun in the oven
Have a frog in one’s throat
Have a whale of a time
Have ants in one’s pants
Have nerves of steel
Have no fixed abode
Have one’s ear to the ground
Have something on the brain
Have your cake and eat it
Hit the booze
Hunt high and low
Icing on the cake
In a fit of pique
In next to no time
In seventh heaven
In the blink of an eye
In the doghouse
In the same boat
In the zone
It takes two to tango
It’s all Greek to me
Jump out of one’s skin
Keep a cool head
Keep it for rainy day
Keep someone at arm’s length
Kick one’s heels
Knee-high to a grasshopper
Knock into shape
Knock spots off somebody or something
Land of milk and honey
Laugh up one’s sleeve
Leave a bad taste in one’s mouth
Leave someone high and dry
Leave someone out in the cold
Like a bull in a china shop
Like chalk and cheese
Like two peas in a pod
Little strokes fell great oaks
Make a joke
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Make an honest living
Neck and neck
Neither fish nor fowl
New kid on the block
No bed of roses
No piece of cake
None but
Not one’s cup of tea
Not to mention
Off the top of one’s head
On an even keel
Out of the blue
Over the hill
Pack a punch
Packed like sardines
Paddle one’s own canoe
Pat someone on the back
Pigs might fly
Play the goat
Power behind the throne
Precious little
Pull at someone’s heartstrings
Pull someone’s leg
Put one’s thinking cap on
Put someone in the shade
Put something to the torch
Quiet as a mouse
Rack one’s brain
Raining cats and dogs
Rolling in money
Rolling in the aisles
Run round like a headless chicken
Sick as a parrot
Snake in the grass
Spill the beans
Stab someone in the back
Step up to the plate
Stick out like a sore thumb
Take a rain check
Take a spill
Take a stroll down memory lane
Take one’s medicine (like a man)
Take someone by surprise
Take the gilt off the gingerbread
Take to something like a duck to water
Talk a blue streak
Talk to a brick wall
The cradle to the grave
The early bird catches the worm
The Land of the Rising Sun
The toast of something
Thin on the ground
Thin on top
Throw in the towel
Tied to one’s apron strings
Turn beetroot red
Turn over a new leaf
Under someone’s wing
Up to one’s eyeballs
Upset the apple cart
Vanish in a puff of smoke
Water under the bridge
Weep buckets
Wrap up in cotton wool
You can lead a horse to water (but you can’t make it drink)
You reap what you sow