1 Easy Street ＆ Out on the Street 1
2 Street Smarts ＆ Two-way Street 4
3 To Khock off 7
4 To Run a Tight Ship ＆ to Sit Tight 10
5 Tight-lipped ＆ Tight with Someone 13
6 Loose Lips ＆ at Loose Ends 16
7 Out of One's Skull ＆ Skull Session 19
8 Lick ＆ Lickety Split 22
9 To Have a Feeling in One's Bones ＆ to Have a Bone to Pick 25
10 To Shape up or Ship out ＆ to Rock the Boat 28
11 Up to One's Neck ＆ to Break One's Neck 31
12 To Get It in the Neck ＆ to Stick Out One's Neek 34
13 Cold Shoulder ＆ Hot Air 37
14 Over One's Head ＆ over the Hump 40
15 Over a Barrel ＆ over One's Dead Body 43
16 Out of the Woods ＆ out of the Picture 46
17 Out the Window ＆ out of This World 49
18 To Whistle in the Dark ＆ to Blow the Whistle 52
19 Nothing Special ＆ So-so 55
20 Far Cry ＆ Crying Towel 58
21 To Whistle a Different Tune ＆ Pipe Dream 61
22 For Crying out Loud ＆ to Cool It 64
23 To Keep One's Cool ＆ to Be Cool as a Cucumber 67
24 All in the Same Boat ＆ to Miss the Boat 70
25 In One's Blood ＆ Fresh Blood 73
26 To Make One's Blood Boil ＆ to make One's Blood Run Cold 76
27 To Hit the Ceiling ＆ to Blow One's Top 79
28 To Jump the Gun ＆ to Stick to One's Guns 82
29 To Beat One's Brains out ＆ to Brainwash 86
30 Brain Drain ＆ Brain Trust 89
31 One Track Mind ＆ Track Record 92
32 To Give Somebody a Piece of One's Mind ＆ Mind-boggling 95
33 Under the Gun ＆ Gun-shy 98
34 Hippie ＆ to Shoot from the Hip 102
35 Full of Beans ＆ a Hill of Beans 106
36 Bean Counter ＆ to Spill the Beans 109
37 To Make Tracks ＆ the Wrong Side of the Tracks 112
38 To Stand up Someone ＆ a Stand-in 115
39 To Stand Tall ＆ a Stand-out 118
40 At the Drop of a Hat ＆ to Pull Something out of the Hat 121
41 To Pass the Hat ＆ to Take One's Hat off 124
42 Hat in Hand ＆ to Wear Two Hats at a Time 127
43 Fat Farm ＆ to Chew the Fat 130
44 Fat Cat ＆ Fat Chance 133
45 On Thin Ice ＆ Thin-skinned 136
46 Workaholic ＆ Grunt Work 139
47 The Works ＆ in the Works 142
48 To Cut a Deal ＆ to Cut Corners 145
49 To Be Cut out for ＆ a Cut-up 148
50 Honeymoon ＆ Moonlight 151
51 Sunday Best ＆ Sunday Driver 154
52 One for the Books ＆ to Know Someone like a Book 157
53 To Close the Books ＆ to Cook the Books 160
54 To Bad-mouth ＆ to Shoot One's Mouth off 163
55 To Walk on Air ＆ toWalk the Floor 166
56 To Take a Walk ＆ to Walk on Eggshells 169
57 Motor Mouth ＆ Foot in Mouth Disease 172
58 To Put One's Money Where One's Mouth Is ＆ You Said a Mouthful 175
59 Wall-to-wall ＆ Wallflower 178
60 To Climb the Wall ＆ to Drive Someone up the Wall 181
61 To Stonewall ＆ off the Wall 184
62 Over the Long Haul ＆ Long Shot 187
63 Short and Sweet ＆ the Long and Short of It 190
64 In Short Order ＆ to Get the Short End of the Stick 193
65 On the Level ＆ Kosher 196
66 Open and Aboveboard ＆ on the Up and Up 199
67 Ups and Downs ＆ Down and Out 202
68 To Be Caught with One's Hand in the Cookie Jar ＆ to Be Caught with One's Pants down 205
69 To Touch Base ＆ to Do Lunch 208
70 Birds of a Feather ＆ to Feather One's Own Nest 211
71 In Fine Feather ＆ a Feather in One's Cap 214
72 Breadwinner ＆ to Know Which Side One's Bread Is Buttered on 217
73 Bread and Butter ＆ to Butter up Someone 220
74 Butterfingers ＆ Butterball 223
75 Like Greased Lightning ＆ like a Bat out of Hell 226
76 Slow Burn ＆ Slow Molasses 229
77 Give Me a Break ＆ Break Even 232
78 To Break the News ＆ to Break the Ice 235
79 Sacred Cow ＆ Dark Horse 238
80 Right on the Mark ＆ Right up One's Alley 241
81 To Give Someone the Hook ＆ by Hook or by Crook 244
82 To Pick up the Tab ＆ Go Dutch 247
83 Tax-and-spend Liberal ＆ Knee-jerk Liberal 250
84 Redneck ＆ McCarthyite 253
85 Dry Run ＆ Cut and Dried 256
86 High and Dry ＆ Dry Up 259
87 In the Doghouse ＆ between a Rock and a Hard Place 262
88 Bummer ＆ Bum Rap 265
89 Fair and Square ＆ Fair Shake 268
90 Fair Game ＆ Fair-haired Boy 271
91 The Time of One's Life ＆ in the Nick of Time 274
92 Front Money ＆ Hush Money 277
93 Free Lance ＆ Freeloader 280
94 Free and Easy ＆ Free-for-all 283
95 To Blow One's Own Horn ＆ to Blow the Lid off 286
96 To Play with Fire ＆ to Fight Fire with Fire 289
97 Half-baked ＆ Half-hearted 292
98 To Get to the Bottom of Something ＆ to Scrape the Bottom of the Barrel 295
99 There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch ＆ Power Lunch 298
100 Easy Money ＆ to Bet One's Bottom Dollar 301
101 Smart Money ＆ Mad Money 304
102 Sweet Talk ＆ Snow Job 307
103 A Fine Kettle of Fish ＆ to Have Other Fish to Fry 310
104 To Butter up Someone ＆ Nitpicker 313
105 Smoke and Mirrors ＆ Bum Steer 316
106 To Go up in Smoke ＆ Smoke Screen 319
107 On Top of the World ＆ off the Top of One's Head 322
108 Top Banana ＆ Top Brass 325
109 Pinhead ＆ on Pins and Needlea 328
110 To Cook up ＆ Smart Cookie or Tough Cookie 331
111 Fly-by-night ＆ off the Cuff 334
112 Gold Mine ＆ Born with a Silver Spoon in His Mouth 337
113 To Be Handed Something on a Silver Platter ＆ to Go over like a Lead Balloon 340
114 Steamroller ＆ under One's Own Steam 343
115 To Go Full Steam Ahead ＆ to Blow off Steam 346
116 Goody Two Shoes ＆ to Fill Somebody's Shoes 349
117 To Lower the Boom ＆ to Throw Away the Key 352
118 A Slap on the Wrist ＆ to Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop 355
119 Wild and Woolly ＆ Dyed in theWool 358
120 To Walk down the Aisle ＆ to Walk the Plank 361
121 To Eat One's Words ＆ from the Word GO 364
122 No Problem ＆ Have a Nice Day 367
123 One-liner ＆ Punch Line 370
124 To Play Fast and Loose ＆ Hard and Fast 373
125 Sitting Pretty ＆ to Sit Tight 376
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