- drink someone under the table
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- make an exhibition of oneself
- check one's eyelids for leaks
- make beautiful music together
- leave someone holding the bag
- kill two birds with one stone
- laugh all the way to the bank
- blow someone out of the water
- wouldn't work in an iron lung
- put the cart before the horse
- put the cat among the pigeons
- make hay while the sun shines
- know how many beans make five
- throw a wrench into the works
- deliver the message to Garcia
- set the cat among the pigeons
- lay an anchor to the windward
- throw one's hat into the ring
- nail one's colors to the mast
- throw one's hat over the wall
- sweep something under the rug
- make someone's blood run cold
- get one's knickers in a twist
- bring one's arse to an anchor
- take law into one's own hands
- give someone the old heave-ho
- drop the kids off at the pool
- run something up the flagpole
- throw stones in a glass house
- come out smelling like a rose
- love the sinner, hate the sin
- worship the porcelain goddess
- knock one down with a feather
- knock one out of the ballpark
- knock one over with a feather
- get something off one's chest
- sing from the same hymn sheet
- wait on hand, foot and finger
- follow in someone's footsteps
- lose the number of one's mess
- have two strings to one's bow
- have Van Gogh's ear for music
- raise someone's consciousness
- sort the wheat from the chaff
- dot the i's and cross the t's
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.