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