- get up with the chickens
- darken someone's doorway
- put one's foot down upon
- get what's coming to one
- put one's hands together
- find the latchstring out
- put one's house in order
- stick a needle in my eye
- build a better mousetrap
- build castles in the air
- get blood out of a stone
- catch someone red-handed
- toss caution to the wind
- take things as they come
- leave one's options open
- stop and smell the roses
- sign one's death warrant
- play one against another
- put someone in his place
- leave to the imagination
- turn over in one's grave
- have a bone in one's leg
- put someone's lights out
- pass the bottle of smoke
- put something behind one
- talk over someone's head
- need one's bumps feeling
- live life to the fullest
- send to the glue factory
- need one's head examined
- have a dog in this fight
- get into someone's pants
- get into the wrong hands
- blow this popsicle stand
- breathe a sigh of relief
- put the fear of God into
- put the heart across one
- give as good as one gets
- practice what you preach
- know B from a battledore
- slam one's clam on crazy
- have a mind like a sieve
- have a mind of one's own
- put the shits up someone
- have a mountain to climb
- hit the nail on the head
- put the wood in the hole
- put to bed with a shovel
- speak someone's language
- smell blood in the water
- have a tiger by the tail
- set one's house in order
- get off one's high horse
- swap horses in midstream
- rain on someone's parade
- cover all of one's bases
- have a word with oneself
- let fluffy off the chain
- put two and two together
- fall at the final hurdle
- hunt where the ducks are
- give one's daughter away
- steal someone's identity
- make one's presence felt
- sailing on another board
- set the wheels in motion
- rock someone's socks off
- throw in at the deep end
- tell tales out of school
- get one's butt somewhere
- give someone a hard time
- paint with a broad brush
- set together by the ears
- bet dollars to doughnuts
- bring coals to Newcastle
- grin like a Cheshire cat
- call 'em as one sees 'em
- stand in one's own light
- stand in someone's shoes
- be left holding the baby
- get one's house in order
- get one's juices flowing
- loosen the apron strings
- make someone's hair curl
- loosen the purse strings
- stew in one's own grease
- cast pearls before swine
- stew in one's own juices
- not know which end is up
- have more money than God
- not leave one's thoughts
- buy straw hats in winter
- stand there like a lemon
- give someone the slipper
- make the world go around
- beat the daylight out of
- coming out of one's ears
- make this world go round
- come out of the woodwork
- stand upon one's dignity
- beat the stuffing out of
- not see someone for dust
- carry coals to Newcastle
- punch above one's weight
- knock it out of the park
- punch below one's weight
- get out what one puts in
- bite someone in the arse
- fall upon someone's neck
- give the royal treatment
- have one's money's worth
- playing with a full deck
- colour outside the lines
- kick with the other foot
- come to someone's rescue
- rustle someone's jimmies
- count angels on pinheads
- rub the fear of God into
- trip the light fantastic
- tickle the dragon's tail
- keep someone in the dark
- keep someone in the loop
- piss in someone's pocket
- attend to one's knitting
- show what one is made of
- take something in stride
- dance on someone's grave
- have the wolf by the ear
- frighten the piss out of
- keep up with the Joneses
- tear a strip off someone
- want one's bumps feeling
- join the choir invisible
- fly too close to the sun
- hold over someone's head
- get under someone's skin
- risk one's life and limb
- start with a clean sheet
- start with a clean slate
- get up in someone's face
- light one's hair on fire
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.