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Getting a second wind
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Play the devil’s advocate
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Best of both worlds
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A blessing in disguise
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A dime a dozen
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Beat a dead horse
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Between a rock and a hard place
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A change is as good as a rest
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A bunch of fives
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
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Fight tooth and nail
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Hand to mouth
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Not bat an eye / Not bat an eyelid
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Accidents will happen
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Accidentally on purpose
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Not for all the tea in China
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To add insult to injury
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To have more holes than Swiss cheese
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A drop in the bucket/ocean
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To make an offer you can’t refuse
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Pardon my French
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Have no truck with
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Fall off a turnip truck
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Bed of roses
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A plague on both your houses
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Off the back of a lorry
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Flying off the handle
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Kill two birds with one stone
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Jump the shark
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To wipe the floor with
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To throw a spanner in the works
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To give [someone] stick
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To have a one-track mind
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To send someone to Coventry
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Hairy at the heel
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Enough to cobble dogs with
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To chew the fat
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To go cold turkey
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To eat Humble Pie
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Do a Devon Loch
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A different kettle of fish
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Kick the Bucket
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To have a green thumb
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Go pear-shaped
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Dress After a Fashion
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The neck of the woods
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Like a Bull in a China Shop
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(To) take the words right out of my mouth
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As happy as a butcher’s dog
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Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk










