- pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
- pull the rug out from under someone
- pick up what someone is laying down
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- let one's short back and sides down
- let the grass grow round one's feet
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- beat one's swords into ploughshares
- worship the ground someone walks on
- have one's head screwed on straight
- march to the beat of one's own drum
- have one's heart in the right place
- take one's bat and ball and go home
- carry one's heart upon one's sleeve
- get the dirty water off one's chest
- shoot first and ask questions later
- get up on the wrong side of the bed
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.