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