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