1 . In two minds
2 . To win laurels
3 . Play ducks and drakes
4 . Hold water
5 . All thumbs
6 . A bird’s eye view
7 . The jury is out
8 . A golden mean
9 . Snake in the grass
10 . With might and main
11 . To the letter
12 . Taken aback
13 . Pulls no punches
14 . At his wit’s end
15 . Brought the house down
16 . To set the themes on fire
17 . At one's wit's end
18 . Strike a chord
19 . At loggerheads
20 . Wild goose chase
21 . Draw the line
22 . Make a mountain out of a molehill
23 . A bee hive
24 . To Eat humble pie
25 . In the soup
26 . Rises with the lark
27 . Going places
28 . Taking French leave
29 . Getting hotter
30 . Cock and bull story
31 . A flying visit
32 . To keep the wolf away from the door
33 . To cut the gordian knot
34 . Put in a nutshell
35 . Flies off at a tangent
36 . Stormed out
37 . A closefisted man
38 . On cloud nine
39 . Dog in a manger
40 . Under the weather
41 . In the air
42 . Batten down the hatches
43 . A chip of the old block
44 . Put my foot down
45 . Hook, lie and sinker
46 . Ended in smoke
47 . Put by
48 . Make believe
49 . Left someone high and dry
50 . To carve out a niche
51 . Go through the hoops
52 . Go back to the drawing board
53 . A wide berth
54 . Feet of clay
55 . A wild goose chase
56 . Out of sorts
57 . The salt of the earth
58 . Feather his nest
59 . On the same page
60 . Take French leave
61 . As daft as a brush
62 . Back me
63 . Close-fisted man
64 . Be led by the nose
65 . Chapter and verse
66 . Vexed question
67 . Gone through
68 . Back to square one
69 . Curtain Lecture
70 . Clean hands
71 . Laying it on thick
72 . Go for the Jugular
73 . A red letter day
74 . In the nick of time
75 . Take after
76 . Made a bee line
77 . Alma mater
78 . Threw up my cards
79 . Arm chair critic
80 . The gnomes of Zurich
81 . As the crow flies
82 . Took off
83 . Turned a deaf ear to
84 . Vote with their feet
85 . Eat humble pie
86 . Ducks and drakes
87 . Go Dutch
88 . Call it a day
89 . Kept a level head
90 . A bird' eye view
91 . Make amends for
92 . Set about
93 . Make up one's mind
94 . Spilled the beans
95 . No spring chicken
96 . Go at equal speed
97 . Down to earth
98 . Have a finger in every pie
99 . Read between the lines
100 . Feeling in my gut
101 . Be through