44. To come of age Session 1 - Basic 45. To come off with flying colors 1. To Add fuel to the flames 46. To come to the crunch 2. To back the wrong horse 47. To come to a head 3. To bark at the moon 48. To come to grips 4. To bark up the wrong tree 49. To create a scene 5. To bask in the sunshine 50. To cross swords 6. To bear a charmed llife 51. To cry over spilt milk 7. To bear the brunt of 52. To curry favour 8. To bear the palm 53. To cut a figure 9. To bat about the bush 54. To cut a sorry figure 10. To bell the cat 55. To cut no ice 11. To be in driving seat 56. To cut someone down to size 12. To be taken for a ride 57. To cut the Gordian knot 13. To be left out in the cold 58. To die in harness 14. To bide one’s time 59. To do something off one’s own boat 15. To bite the dust 60. To draw a blank 16. To bite off more than one can chew 61. To drive a hard bargain 17. To blow hot and cold 62. To drive a nail into somebody’s coffin 18. To blow off stream 63. To drive mad 19. To blow one’s own trumpet 64. To end in fiasco 20. To break new ground 65. To fall back upon 21. To break the back of something 66. To fall flat 22. To break the ice 67. To fall in with 23. To break the news 68. To fall to pieces 24. To bring down the house 69. To feather one’s nest 25. To bring to the book 70. To foot the bill 26. To burn one’s boats 71. To force an issue 27. To burn the candles 72. To get in the way 28. To call a spade a spade 73. To get into hot water 29. To call one’s shot 74. To get on one’s nerves 30. To call it a day 75. To get the hang of 31. To carry the day 76. To get the jitters 32. To cast into the shade 77. To get the sac 33. To cast ones net wide 78. To get wind of 34. To cast pearls before swine 79. To give a free hand to 35. To catch a tarter 80. To give a good account of oneself 36. To catch at a straw 81. To give no quarter to 37. To cause a flutter 82. To give somebody a blank cheque 38. To change colour 39. To clear the deck 40. To clip a person’s wing 41. To close in upon 42. To come a cropper