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