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