- darken someone's door
- reinventing the wheel
- do the handsome thing
- find out the hard way
- rattle someone's cage
- get bent out of shape
- blow it out one's ass
- blow it out one's ear
- catch someone napping
- clean someone's clock
- pull one's finger out
- pull one's own weight
- leave someone hanging
- shake the pagoda tree
- do well by doing good
- pull oneself together
- leave someone on read
- leave someone on seen
- fire on all cylinders
- talk one's way out of
- pull out of one's ass
- laugh in one's sleeve
- straighten one's face
- sweat the small stuff
- stick one's nose into
- talk out of one's ass
- wave the bloody shirt
- talk out of one's ear
- expect the unexpected
- put someone's back up
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- get in someone's hair
- die a thousand deaths
- argue round and round
- laugh up one's sleeve
- avoid like the plague
- need one's bumps felt
- take a ride to Tyburn
- twist someone's balls
- get into one's stride
- puff the magic dragon
- whistle down the wind
- put the clock forward
- wind up one's bottoms
- jump on the bandwagon
- die in the last ditch
- blow up in one's face
- die the way one lived
- ring down the curtain
- play the pronoun game
- move heaven and earth
- make heavy weather of
- sleep with the fishes
- go to Putney on a pig
- pour fuel on the fire
- put through its paces
- queer someone's pitch
- play well with others
- run around in circles
- play with a full deck
- pick someone's brains
- play with house money
- fight a losing battle
- know one's way around
- make mincemeat out of
- think of the children
- get on someone's case
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- have been in the wars
- know where one stands
- break someone's balls
- get one up on someone
- break someone's heart
- teach the controversy
- get one's arms around
- steal someone's heart
- moonlight requisition
- get one's ass in gear
- break the fourth wall
- overrun the constable
- go along for the ride
- go with the territory
- go along to get along
- set the world on fire
- go along with the gag
- give someone a jingle
- bet dollars to donuts
- let sleeping dogs lie
- not have the faintest
- nail Jell-O to a tree
- get one's hands dirty
- burn the midnight oil
- bring down the hammer
- come in from the cold
- get one's head around
- give someone his head
- take it on the arches
- hand someone his head
- not know what hit one
- give someone the bird
- crawl before you walk
- give someone the boot
- crawl over each other
- make the angels blush
- stand someone in hand
- confront one's demons
- take life as it comes
- graft the forked tree
- bring someone to book
- make the road shorter
- ride the cotton horse
- give someone the slip
- take no for an answer
- give someone what for
- throw someone a curve
- give someone what-for
- give something a miss
- give something a shot
- call outta one's name
- have one's hands full
- ride with the punches
- have one's hands tied
- race out of the traps
- call someone's number
- outstay one's welcome
- gather one's thoughts
- take one for the team
- heap insult on injury
- have one's name taken
- go down the wrong way
- watch the world go by
- look down one's shirt
- have one's tubes tied
- take one's hat off to
- carry someone's water
- see a man about a dog
- feel someone's collar
- keep one's mouth shut
- keep one's nose clean
- have seen better days
- knock some sense into
- walk like an Egyptian
- get someone's back up
- feel twelve feet tall
- keep one's powder dry
- have sexual relations
- hear on the grapevine
- see how the land lies
- sing a different tune
- rub salt in the wound
- come to someone's aid
- share and share alike
- walk on the wild side
- have someone on toast
- rub someone's face in
- rub someone's nose in
- show someone the door
- rise to the challenge
- begin with the chucky
- grease someone's palm
- have someone's number
- wait on hand and foot
- do a disappearing act
- swallow a bitter pill
- hold all of the cards
- roll up one's sleeves
- float with the stream
- roll with the punches
- count one's blessings
- keep the ball rolling
- piss like a racehorse
- spoil somebody rotten
- put food on the table
- cramp someone's style
- dig oneself in a hole
- rest on one's laurels
- murder one's darlings
- put lipstick on a pig
- change someone's mind
- settle someone's hash
- scream one's head off
- want one's bumps felt
- read someone to filth
- hold oneself together
- catch a falling knife
- shoot one in the sink
- go off into the weeds
- drink from a firehose
- sink one's teeth into
- pave the road to hell
- gnaw someone's vitals
- tear up the pea patch
- shoot one's mouth off
- question the question
- get up someone's nose
- make a pig of oneself
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.