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