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