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Act of god Much ado about nothing Put on airs Walk on air Cost an arm and a leg Have an ax to grind Bag and baggage As blind as a bat Beauty is only skin deep. Have a bee in one’s bonnet Beggars can’t be choosers. Foot the bill A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. A little bird told me. Bird of a feather flock together. Kill two birds with one stone. Bite off more than one can chew In black and white In the same boat Rock the boat Keep the body and soul together Like a bolt out of the blue From the bottom of one’s heart Open Pandora’s box Rack one’s brain Hold out the olive branch Bread and butter Have a brush with sb As snug as a bug in a rug Bull in a china shop Take the bull by the horn Beat around the bush Mine one’s own business No ifs(buts) about it. Let bygones be bygones. Have one’s cake and eat it too. A can of worms. Burn the candle at both ends. Put on one’s thinking cap Put the cart before the horse. A case in point. Build castle in the air Let the cat out of the bag Play cat and mouse When the cat’s away, the mice will play. Catch 22 Put in one’s two cents worth Let the chance slip by Turn the other cheek Count one’s chicken before they are hatched. Run around like a chicken with its head cut off. As happy as a clam Carry coal to Newcastle. Show one’s true colors. Fish for a compliment To one’s heart’s content Too many cooks spoil the stew (broth) Crime doesn’t pay. One good turn deserves the other As funny as a crutch As cool as a cucumber Cup of tea Curiosity kills the cat. For a rainy day. Speak of devil Diamond in the rough. As dead as a dodo As sick as a dog Every dog has its day. Let sleeping dogs lie. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. In the doldrums. Feel/look like a million dollars Drug on the market In one ear and out the other Turn a deaf ear to Wet behind ears. As slippery as an eel Have eggs on one’s face Put all one’s eggs in one basket All is well that ends well. At one’s wit’s end An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Cry one