- build a bridge and get over it
- take the weight off one's feet
- put oneself in someone's place
- put oneself in someone's shoes
- leave someone holding the baby
- live at Her Majesty's pleasure
- give a good account of oneself
- put something into perspective
- pull the reins in on something
- put the shoe on the other foot
- think one's shit doesn't stink
- teach grandma how to suck eggs
- tell someone where to shove it
- burn one's candle at both ends
- save something for a rainy day
- place one's cards on the table
- throw one's hat over the fence
- nail one's colours to the mast
- charm the birds from the trees
- give someone the cold shoulder
- have one foot on a banana peel
- have one's cake and eat it too
- have one's finger on the pulse
- give something up as a bad job
- walk a mile in someone's shoes
- eat one's cake and have it too
- put a spoke in someone's wheel
- work one's fingers to the bone
- see past the end of one's nose
- see past the tip of one's nose
- strike the iron while it's hot
- fly by the seat of one's pants
- take something in one's stride
- go hunting where the ducks are
- take the bitter with the sweet
- remember like it was yesterday
- cross my heart and hope to die
- wear something on one's sleeve
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.