A big mouth :( a boastful person)

A black sheep :( a scoundrel or a good-for-nothing fellow)

A block-head :( a foolish person)

About turn: (Change direction)

A broken reed :( An undependable person)

A cat's paw :( somebody used as a tool)

A chicken-hearted fellow :( a cowardly person)

A child's play :( an easy task)

A cock and bull story :( a foolish unbelievable story)

A cold reception :( a reception wanting in love and enthusiasm)

A fair weather friend :( a friend in good days only)

A hard nut to crack :( a difficult job)

A Herculean task :( a hard job)

A loose talks :( a talk without thinking)

A man of letters :( a highly learned person)

A man of mark :( a man of distinction)

A man of straw :( a man of no importance)

A queer fish :( a strange person)

A red-letter day :( an important or memorable day)

a snake in the grass:(a secret foe)

A white elephant :( to be a burden)

A wild goose chase :(a useless enterprise)

All and sundry :( everyone)

An apple of discord :( the cause of quarrel)

An open question :( a question not yet decided)

At a snail's pace :( very slowly)

At any rate :( in all possible cases)

At daggers drawn :( to be sworn enemies)

At large :( free)

At random :( aimlessly)

At stake :( in danger)

Bag and baggage :( with all belongings)

Bear with :( to tolerate or treat with patience)

Beat down :( to crush)

Beat to pulp :( beat very badly)

Birds of a feather :( persons of similar character)

Blow out :( to extinguish.

Blow over :( to pass off without causing any harm)

Blow up :( to explode)

Body and soul :( entirely)

Bread and butter :( livelihood)

Break into :( to enter some premises by force)

Bring about :( to cause to happen)

Bring down :( to cause to come down)

Bring to book :( to punish)

By hook or crook :( with great efforts)

By leaps and bounds :( rapidly)

Call for :( to demand)

Call out :( to shout)

Call upon :( to require)

Capital punishment :( death sentence)

Catch at :( to seize or capture)

Chips of the same block :( persons of the same taste)

Come by :( to obtain)

Come down upon :( to attack)

Come to grief :( to be in trouble)

Crocodile tears :( hypocritical tears)

Cry over spilt milk :( to repent uselessly)

Cut and dry :( quite ready)

Cut down :( to reduce)

Cut something off :( to remove)

Do (something) up :( to put :( something) in order

Do away with :( to abolish)

Drop in :( to make a sudden appearance)

Every nook and cranny :( everywhere)

Fall out :( to quarrel)

French leave :( a leave without permission)

From tip to toe :( completely)

Give in :( to surrender)

Give up :( to abandon)

Go over :( to examine)

Hole and corner :( secret, underhand)

In a jiffy :( very quickly)

In a nutshell :( in brief.)

In black and white :( in writing)

In lieu of :( in place of)

In the long run :( in the end)

In the nick of time :( exactly at the right time)

In the teeth of :( against stiff opposition)

In the twinkling of an eye :( very rapidly)

Keep on :( continuing)

Kith and kin :( all near relatives)

Look for :( to search for)

Make off with :( run away with)

Null and void :( invalid :( or illegal)

Of the first water :( of high order)

On the go :( busy)

Once in a blue moon :( once in a while)

Out of question :( undoubtedly)

Over head and ears :( completely)

Root and Branch :( completely)

Safe and sound :( unharmed)

See eye to eye :( to agree)

The gift of the gab :( an immense power of speaking)

The man in the street :( a common man)

Through thick and thin :( in all circumstances)

To bank upon :( to depend upon)

To be above board :( to be fair in dealings or without deception)

To be at sea :( in a confused state of mind)

To be at sixes and sevens :( to be in an improper order)

To be carried away :( to be swept away)

To be cut out :( to be fit for)

To be fair and square :( to be honest in dealings)

To bear in mind :( to remember)

To beat black and blue :( to beat severely)

To bring to light :( to make known)

To bring to naught :( to ruin or defeat)

To bring up :( to nourish)

To build castles in the air :( to frame imaginary schemes)

To call a spade a spade :( to speak the truth)

To carry the day :( to win)

To carry through :( sustain)

To cast a slur on :( to blame)

To chew the cud :( to ruminate)

To come about :( to happen)

To cry down :( to condemn)

To draw a blank :( to get nothing)

To drop through :( to come to nothing)

To each the humble pie :( to apologize with humiliation)

To eat one's words :( to withdraw one's own words in a humble way)

To end in smoke :( come to nothing)

To foot the bill :( to pay the bill)

To get into hot water :( to be in trouble)

To give vent to :( to express :( emotion))

To go the way of all flesh :( to die)

To go to the wall :( to be pushed to the worst position)

To have an axe to grind :( to serve one's own purpose)

To have an oily tongue :( to be too much talkative)

To have blue blood (in one's veins) :( to belong to a noble or rich family)

To have too many irons in the fire :( to have too many things to do)

TO hit below the belt :( to take mean advantage of)

To hit upon a plan :( to come out with an idea)

To keep at an arm's length :( to keep something at a distance)

To keep one's word :( to keep one's promise)

To kick the bucket :( to die)

To kick the bucket :( to die)

To lick the dust :( to lose the battle)

To look daggers :( to look angrily)

To look into the matter :( to investigate)

To make out :( to understand)

To move heaven and earth :( to make every possible effort)

To Pass away :( to die)

To pay through the nose :( to pay a very high price)

To pick holes :( to criticize)

To pocket an insult :( to tolerate in insult)

To pull a long face :( to be in a sad mood)

To rain cats and dogs :( to rain heavily)

To show the cat out of the bag :( to open the secret)

To smell a rat :( to suspect something wrong)

To spread like wild fire :( to spread rapidly)

To take the bull by horn :( to face the danger bravely)

To turn over a new leaf :( to begin a different and better mode of life)

To win laurels :( to win honour)

Tooth and nail :( fiercely)

Ups and downs :( successes and failures)

With a heavy hand :( ruthlessly)

With flying colours: (with success)

Within a stone's throw :( quite near)

Yeoman Service :( good commendable service)