- dine with Duke Humphrey
- go over to the majority
- sugarcoat a bitter pill
- leave no stone unturned
- scare out of one's wits
- sign on the dotted line
- stick in someone's craw
- color outside the lines
- get down to brass tacks
- put out of one's misery
- live at rack and manger
- talk like an apothecary
- live beyond one's means
- pull someone down a peg
- go the way of all flesh
- suck all the air out of
- stop to smell the roses
- snap someone's head off
- stick to one's knitting
- take a shot in the dark
- suspend one's disbelief
- preach to the converted
- die just like one lived
- get it how one lives it
- blow up someone's phone
- put the herd on someone
- hurt someone's feelings
- talk the legs off a pot
- tar with the same brush
- put the plug in the jug
- talk through one's nose
- know from a bar of soap
- put the record straight
- sleep with one eye open
- play to the cheap seats
- rain fire and brimstone
- lighten someone's purse
- put through the wringer
- give hostage to fortune
- rain like cats and dogs
- sail under false colors
- give it one's best shot
- lie through one's teeth
- set one's teeth on edge
- pump up someone's tires
- get on someone's nerves
- come back from the dead
- fall at the last hurdle
- shout from the rooftops
- open a can of whoop ass
- give one's head a shake
- fall between the cracks
- set the heather on fire
- throw down the gauntlet
- fall between two stools
- set the record straight
- drive the porcelain bus
- 'tend to one's knitting
- steal someone's thunder
- return to one's muttons
- get one's ass into gear
- throw in one's lot with
- give someone a big head
- have got someone's back
- throw into a cocked hat
- bet a dollar to a donut
- take into consideration
- keep a weather eye open
- thank one's lucky stars
- fish in troubled waters
- compensatorily lengthen
- consume mass quantities
- bet one's bottom dollar
- let someone down gently
- undress with one's eyes
- price out of the market
- make someone's jaw drop
- stew in one's own broth
- let the good times roll
- get one's money's worth
- kick against the pricks
- make the blood run cold
- ride tall in the saddle
- give someone the creeps
- kick ass and take names
- get one's shit together
- bring sand to the beach
- press someone's buttons
- have one's act together
- ride the cotton bicycle
- get one's wires crossed
- have one's ears lowered
- make the world go round
- come out of one's shell
- stand up and be counted
- march to one's own drum
- fall through the cracks
- knock into a cocked hat
- plough one's own furrow
- have one's heart set on
- eat from someone's hand
- bite someone's head off
- have one's number on it
- suit down to the ground
- colour inside the lines
- see a man about a horse
- zig when one should zag
- keep one's options open
- look on the bright side
- shit or get off the can
- reduce someone to tears
- look out for number one
- shit or get off the pot
- look out for Number One
- fiddle while Rome burns
- offer one's condolences
- show one's true stripes
- roll out the red carpet
- pay one's last respects
- tickle someone's pickle
- eat, breathe, and sleep
- quote chapter and verse
- take someone's head off
- wait upon hand and foot
- storm out of the blocks
- work someone's arse off
- come up the tackle fall
- put hair on one's chest
- work someone's butt off
- work someone's tail off
- come up with snake eyes
- squeal like a stuck pig
- come with the territory
- draw a line in the sand
- see with one's own eyes
- dance to someone's tune
- have tickets on oneself
- make a big thing out of
- slip through the cracks
- raise someone's hackles
- spare someone's blushes
- batten down the hatches
- make a name for oneself
- mind one's own business
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.