To rule the roost
To rule the roost
To turn up one's nose at a thing
To turn up one's nose at a thing
To cross swords
To cross swords
To play fast and loose
To play fast and loose
To be in abeyance
To be in abeyance
Take somebody for a ride
Take somebody for a ride
To give up the ghost
To give up the ghost
A man in the street
A man in the street
To be in good books
To be in good books
To talk through one's hat
To talk through one's hat
Under lock and key
Under lock and key
To show one's teeth
To show one's teeth
To hold a brief for
To hold a brief for
Rule the roost
Rule the roost
To keep in check
To keep in check
Ruffle one's feathers
Ruffle one's feathers
To make head or tail
To make head or tail
Cut the cackle
Cut the cackle
To drop a line
To drop a line
To the bitter end
To the bitter end
wild goose chase
wild goose chase
A shot in the arm
A shot in the arm
To be at one's finger end
To be at one's finger end
To give false colouring to
To give false colouring to
A bull in a china shop
A bull in a china shop
A green horn
A green horn
To hold one's tongue
To hold one's tongue
Roll up one's sleeves
Roll up one's sleeves
To throw up the sponge
To throw up the sponge
To have an easy time of
To have an easy time of
Baker's dozen
Baker's dozen
An open hearted man
An open hearted man
To have a windfall
To have a windfall
Within an ace of
Within an ace of
To eat the humble pie
To eat the humble pie
To pull a person's leg
To pull a person's leg
A moot point
A moot point
To get cold feet
To get cold feet
Root and branch
Root and branch
At one's finger tips
At one's finger tips
To put the cart before the horse
To put the cart before the horse
Beggar's description
Beggar's description
To hold somebody to ransom
To hold somebody to ransom
To fall short of
To fall short of
Out of pocket
Out of pocket
Reduced to skeleton
Reduced to skeleton
A bed of thorns
A bed of thorns