0042 bull:to take the bull by the horns to take the bull by the horns take the bull by the horns take the bull bull to burn one's boats to burn one's bridges burn one's boats burn one's bridges burn boats burn bridges 0043 like a load of old bull a load of old bull load of old bull old bull like a red rag to a bull a red rag to a bull a red rag red rag like a bull in a china shop china shop 0044 to burn the midnight oil burn the midnight oil midnigth oil burton:to go for a burton go for a burton a burton burton 0045 to bury the hatchet bury the hatchet hatchet a busman's holiday busman's holiday busman holiday by and by 0046 by and large cake:to take the cake take the cake cake 0047 to call someone's bluff call someone's bluff call bluff bluff cards:to be on the cards on the cards on the card cards card cat:no room to swing a cat no room to swing a cat swing a cat cat 0048 cat:to grin like a Cheshire cat to grin like a Cheshire cat grin like a Cheshire cat like a Cheshire cat cheshire cat 0049 cat:to let the cat out of the bag to let the cat out of the bag let the cat out of the bag cat out of the bag out of the bag cheek by jowl jowl cheek cheek:to turn the other cheek to turn the other cheek turn the other cheek 0050 cheesed off an old chestnut a chestnut chestnut 0051 chip:a chip off the old block a chip off the old block chip off the old block old block chip off chip to chip in chip in chip:to have a chip on one's shoulder to have a chip on one's shoulder have a chip on one's shoulder chip on one's shoulder chip on chip 0052 chips:the chips are down the chips are down chips are down chips:to have had one's chips to have had one's chips have had one's chips had one's chips had chips had chip chips 0053 splitting one's sides split side 0054 choc-a-bloc choc a bloc choc bloc cleaners:to be taken to the cleaners to be taken to the cleaners take to the cleaners cleaners in a cleft stick a cleft stick cleft stick 0055 close your eyes and think of England clothes line:I could sleep on a clothes line I could sleep on a clothes line sleep on a clothes line clothes line 0056 in cloud cuckoo land cloud cuckoo land cuckoo land on cloud nine cloud nine clue:not to have a clue not to have a clue have a clue clue 0057 to cock a snook at someone cock a snook at someone cock a snook to be cock-a-hoop cock-a-hoop cock a hoop 0058 codswallop:a load of codswallop a load of codswallop load of codswallop codswallop 0059 to get cold feet get cold feet cold feet cold shoulder:to give someone the cold shoulder to give someone the cold shoulder give cold shoulder cold shoulder 0060 to go cold turkey go cold turkey cold turkey cold water:to pour/throw cold water on something to pour cold water on something to throw cold water on something pour cold water throw cold water 0061 colours:to nail one's colours to the mast to nail one's colours to the mast nail one's colours to the mast nail colours colours colours:to show oneself in one's true colours to show oneself in one's true colours show oneself in one's true colours true colours true colour 0062 a couch potato couch potato Coventry:to send someone to Conventry to send someone to Conventry send to Conventry conventry 0063 crocodile tears 0064 to cross one's fingers cross one's fingers cross finger crow:as the crow flies as the crow flies crow flies crow fly crow to cry wolf cry wolf 0065 cup of tea:not one's cup of tea not one's cup of tea one's cup of tea curate's egg:like the curate's egg-good in parts like the curate's egg-good in parts curate's egg good in parts 0066 to curry favour curry favour to cut and run cut and run to cut no ice with someone cut no ice 0067 to cut to the quick cut to the quick dampers:to put the dampers on something to put the dampers on something put the dampers dampers 0068 a dark horse dark horse devil:between the devil and the deep blue sea between the devil and the deep blue sea devil and the deep blue sea deep blue sea devil 0069 devil:the devil to pay the devil to pay devil to pay 0070 the dickens dickens the die is cast die is cast dodo:as dead as a dodo as dead as a dodo dodo ADAD ADAAD 0071 dog days dog in a manger in a manger dog:to see a man about a dog to see a man about a dog see a man about a dog 0072 in the doldrums doldrums donkey's years:not for donkey's years not for donkey's years donkey's years 0073 doornail:as dead as a doornail as dead as a doornail ADAD ADAAD down in the dumps 0074 to draw a blank draw a blank to drive a coach and hores through something drive a coach and horses through something drive a coach and horses duck:a lame duck a lame duck duck 0075 Dutch courage Dutch:double Dutch double Dutch 0076 National rivalries 0077 A Dutch treat go Dutch double Dutch to take French leave 0078 Dutch:to go Dutch to go Dutch Dutch a Dutch treat Dutch treat Dutchman:or I'm a Dutchman or I'm a Dutchman I'm a Dutchman Dutchman dyed in the wool in the wool 0079 an eager beaver eager beaver ears:my ears are burning my ears are burning ears are burning ears burning to eat humble pie eat humble pie humble pie 0080 to have egg on one's face egg on one's face egg on face egg:to be a bad egg egg:to be a good egg to be a bad egg to be a good egg a bad egg a good egg 0081 eggs:as sure as eggs is eggs as sure as eggs is eggs eggs:to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs teach grandmother to suck eggs grandmother to suck eggs suck eggs eggs 0082 fair game