A.

Abreast of the times 95

Absolute gem 44
Absorbed in his own thoughts 87
Abysmal 61
Accept the change 6
Accord turned to him for consensus 56
Across the board 117
A damper 25
A fortune out of it 59
A front 9
Agent of change 6
Aggravate 123
Agog 92
Agony 88
Air of dignity 88
Air out of his balloon 31
Albatross around his neck 68
Alcoholic tantrums 37
A leaf out of his book 27
A little elbow room 32
Allergic 91
Allies falling in line 62
All the efforts had been for naught 54
All the false messiahs fell 86
A long silence of digestion followed 56
A lot better for you 41
Alter of principals 64
Avalanche of change 119
Always loaded 104
An irreversible 35
Annulled 120
Antiquated system 62
Ants in his pants 112
Any disaster now will be on your head 12
Any of her plan 63
Appalled 121
Appears 63
Approach 63
Are you itching for a thrashing? 11
Armed with 116
Arm’s length 27
Arose the interests 19
Art buff 99
As best as he could 123
Assert your individuality 21
Astute 73
Astute character 100
Atrocities 69
At sea 35
Attributed 116
At your own peril 19
Aversion 37
Awestruck 81
Awkward 92
Axe to grind 78
B.
Back into shape 34
Back off or 33
Back to haunt you 87
Badly smitten 89
Bag of rocks 63
Ball now lies firmly in his court 59
Bang on target 73
Battering or lives 114
Bearing on the subject 78
Beaten track 105
Be covered in mud 8
Belly-up 99
Be my first choice 99
Be on guard 6
Be patient, the apple will fall in your lap. 8
Berated 86
Besides himself with rage 81
Better of him 78
Between the lines 78
Be wary of him 12
Be wary of him 95
Big booty 37
Big break 23
Big brother 121
Big jolt 85
Big splash 74
Bite off 23
Bit up 54
Blabbermouth 100
Black sheep 95
Blazingly clear 58
Bled profusely 47
Bleeding heart 108
Blew his top 81
Blinked in disbelief 85
Blood and gore 119
Bloodsucker 78
Bloody crook 107
Bloody mess 66
Bloody nincompoop 108
Blow his fuse off 89
Blow hot blow cold 90
Blown all his chances 69
Blurry future 119
Blurted out 92
Bonkers 69
Boogie-woogie 50
Boost his morale 73
Born looser 96
Born with a silver spoon 103
Botch up 100
Bottom of things 55
Brazen 100
Breach in our defense perimeter 65
Breaking even 63
Breathe a word 8
Brings back fond memories 122
Broke into laughter 55
Broken pieces 77
Brought to light 78
Buck out of it 38
Buck passing 9
Bucks 123
Bugged 76
Building castles in the air 93
Bull frenzy 39
Burnt his fingers 35
Burdens were running ahead of her efficiency 37
Bursting with 102
Bury the hatchet with 23
Business tycoon/magnet 108
Butterfingers 112
Butterflies in his stomach 85
Button your lip 10
Building a relationship 7
Buzz off! 33
C.
Calm demeanour was a facade 86
Calls for attention 96
Call the shots 99
Candour 92
Canny and clever lot 40
Canny and clever lot 97
Can of worms 51
Cardinal rule 26
Carriage 94
Carried away 19
Carries the torch 89
Carries weight 94
Carved a tidy niche 96
Casting his lot 77
Cast magic 54
Catch-22 74
Cat on the prowl 103
Caught in a time warp 96
Cause of the poor 120
Centre-stage 107
Chanced your luck once too often 45
Changed hands 35
Changing colours 113
Cheating comes in various packages 34
Cheesed 14
Child prodigy 109
Chill 65
Chill out 49
Chip of the old block 95
Choose your word 20
Chuck him out 51
Civil mood 124
Cried out 88
Clamouring for 116
Click 74
Clear picture 18
Cliff hanger 75
Closer look 17
Close your eyes 52
Cloud nine 85
Clumsy and uncouth 101
Cockeyed 105
Cocksure 95
Cocky 78
Cold feet 31
Cold shoulder 89
Comeback trail 112
Come clean 33
Come down 79
Come into being 37
Come on too strongly 124
Come to terms 11
Coming or going 109
Completely down and out 112
Complexed person 91
Con man 103
Constantly on edge 81
Consumed with madness 79
Contention 119
Convergence of different pressures eventually break him 88
Cooked my goose 42
Cool your heels 32
Coordinate it 54
Couch potato 32
Cover their tracks 57
Cracked up 40
Cracked up with laughter 124
Cramp his style 51
Crashed on me 56
Crashing to earth 80
Create a ruckus 112
Crisis ridden 72
Crisis will come dressed as something else 34
Cropper 68
Crossed his face 86
Cross his face 83
crow’s feet 98
Cue 120
Curtain raiser 67
Cut an attractive figure 94
Cut corners 10
Cut down 20
Cut down 22
Cut him loose 12
Cut no ice 90
Cut out oa another mould 98
Cut up 90
Cutting edge of technology 67
D.
Daft 125
Daggers drawn 93
Daily grind 91
Dark horse 95
Damage is done 34
Dawn 119
Daydreams 106
Dead end 61
Dead in his tracks 53
Deadpan 90
Deep recession 120
Deep-rooted 117
Debauched 101
Demeanour was ostentatious 108
Detrimental 77
Devious fellow 105
Devoid of emotional warmth 87
Diamond in the rough 13
Different light on everything 77
Dig up 50
Dim bulb 32
Dire straits 9
Disarray 118
Discussion is still wide open 68
Disdainful 85
Dish it out 32
Disintegrating 119
Dismissed 79
Divide and rule policy 117
Do chip in 33
Dog-tired 92
Do keep in touch with me 21
Done for 36
Don’t act like the Gestapo 10
Don’t allow it to linger on 24
Don’t answer back or you will suffer 22
Don’t ask me to be rational in this situation . 11
Don’t be a doormat 32
Don’t beat a dead horse 9
Don’t be daft 8
Don’t be lulled by his smooth talk 26
Don’t besmirch her reputation 21
Don’t be overawed by his personality 23
Don’t bottle up your grief 21
Don’t buckle under 14
Don’t confide your secrets to her 51
Don’t dabble around here 17
Don’t get miffed with me 15
Don’t get physical 90
Don’t get under my skin or you will repent 25
Don’t give me this crap 9
Don’t get rattled by his rude behaviour 48
Don’t harbour bad feelings against her . 7
Don’t hedge the issue 9
Don’t indulge in procrastination 23
Don’t leap on the back of a shaky horse 9
Don’t make a big deal out of it 8
Don’t mess around with me 14
Don’t play games with me 14
Don’t pursue bottomed-out hopes 13
Don’t see much of her 123
Don’t show your hands 28
Don’t sink into self-pity 21
Don’t sit on your butt but do something 24
Don’t spill the beans 50
Don’t stick your neck out 25
Don’t succumb to desperate gambits 21
Don’t treat them as if they are cattle 13
Don’t try to piggyback on me 24
Don’t use too much slang 22
Double-check 10
Down the road 25
Down under 12
Do you want to get him on your side or make him and enemy 20
Drastic surgery 62
Dreams faded 56
Drams fading 83
Drew a blank 59
Drew up 40
Drifted into 54
Drive his guilt away 81
Drizzling 46
Drop-dead gorgeous 106
Drown his grief 86
Drummed his fingers 57
Duck it 15
Dug in its spurs 46
Dunce 104
Dying art 71
Dynamics 116
E.
Earn a living 125
Early bird 97
Eat dirt 32
Eat your words 20
Edge 81
Egg him on 112
Enough of this bullshit 52
Embezzled a lot 38
Emerging on the horizon 114
Epidemic proportions 71
Escort 123
Euphoric 85
Even in anguish there was pride 86
Every inch 102
Every second 116
Excels 104
Exorbitant labour 37
Eyeball to eyeball 16
Eye-opener 67
Eyesore 105
Eyes settled on a familiar face 57
Eyewash 74

F.
Façade 112
Face dropped 92
Face out of the muck 55
Face-saving 76
Facts point to the contrary 70
Failings 117
Faint stuff 55
Fallen flat 36
Fallen for 89
Fallen out 36
Fallen through 119
Fallout was dished out 35
False accusations 81
Famished 121
Far too many 41
Fate was sealed 68
Faux pass 67
Feel miffed 80
Fell in 64
Fell short 117
Felt a driving need 117
Feeling groggy 91
Fenced 58
Few takers 41
Fight your war 9
Fine art 72
Fine-tuning 62
Finicky 102
Fire in his belly 108
Fishy 72
Fizzle out 68
Foggiest idea 69
Foggy rhetoric 118
Folks 123
Forte 113
Fortitude 121
Foster the illusion 117
Flat as a pancake 100
Fleeting movement 92
Flicker of hope 92
Flip side 75
Floating on air 90
Flooded 92
Flowering career went bust 59
Flowery 65
Flummoxed 84
Former self 80
Forthcoming 65
Fox 94
Fractured lot 114
Fragile 103
Framework 36
Frantic to salvage 38
Freak out 84
Frill or exaggeration 65
Fritter away 50
Front man who shielded the inner circle 120
Frosty 81
Fruitful 72
Full swing 93
Funk 40
Fury for fury and passion for passion 92
G.
Gained entry into the inner circle 121
Game is far from over yet 64
Gauche 106
Generous to a fault 101
Genesis 116
Get 122
Get along 102
Get consumed 6
Get down to the basics 22
Get if off your chest 15
Get into the groove 25
Get to the bottom 65
Get your act together 16
Get your act together and 30
Gift of the gab 95
Gigantic wedge 115
Give and take 114
Give ear 28
Give it our best shot 30
Give my right arm 84
Glib talker 103
Glutton 106
Go –ahead 38
Go along with the crowd 101
Go back on her words 98
Gobbled up by the system 65
Go by his/her whims 94
Goes back 79
Goes without saying 122
Go for the jugular 22
Going around in circles 68
Goldfish bowl 47
Good books 77
Good deal 63
Go on the mat 50
Gone heavily on 96
Gone off his rocker 107
Gone too far 44
Gone to pieces 67
Go the extra mile 31
Go with the flow 6
Go with the flow 64
Grabbed by the collar and hurled in 56
Grapevine 121
Grappled for control 114
Greatest blessing bestowed 115
Greek to me 77
Greenhorn 107
Gremlins 39
Grin and bear it 15
Groping for words 89
Grow on 76
Guard his flanks 80
Guess we could 42
Guilt trip 45
Gung-ho 79

H.
Half-jumped 40
Halves 100
Hand in glove 70
Hand in hand 116
Hand in this plot 70
Handsome dude 100
Handsome hunk 108
Hands went clammy 79
Hand to mouth 35
Hanging out 23
Hang in there and you will get your dues 30
Hankers 97
Hanky- panky 73
Happy days are here again 84
Hara-kiri 45
Hard of hearing 113
Hard on the heels 115
Harried 102
Have a word 13
Have the vision 6
Headless chicken 109
Head on his shoulder 102
Head count 49
Head on his shoulder 101
Headstrong 106
Headwind 63
Heart in the right place 102
Heart is not in it 70
Heart of 11
Heart of the matter 54
Heart of the technique 63
He has made a hash of the complete work 38
He is a real whacko 43
He is taking things easy and it will have repercussions 27
He may be angling for your post, so be careful 20
Henchman of the don 106
Henpecked 104
Herd mentality 120
Here each one is on his/her own . 5
Herein lies the danger 72
He set himself the task of learning 58
He knew his position was impossible from the beginning 55
He was as welcomed as a leaper 55
He was empathetic towards her proposal 38
He was good but for now he is dust 40
Hidden pattern 17
Hideous 95
High gear 31
High spirits 103
High spirits 113
His self-control is fragile 103
His stars are in the ascendant 36
Hit the ceiling 89
Hit the mark 55
Hit the nail 78
Hit the sack 83
Hold his drinks 105
Holding you back 125
Holds good 36
Hold your tongue 5
Hold water 29
Home ground 64
Honeymoon period 74
Hooked a few trout 54
Hook or by crook 36
Hoped against hope 57
Horsing around 24
How come you got mixed up with that rogue? 12
Hung on 60
Hurts the most 7
Hush-hush 46
I.
I am prepared to meet you halfway 18
Iceberg 42
I chill all over with fright 54
Idea began to form in his mind 57
If I do this I will get nailed badly by the boss 9
I felt the madness coming over him 54
If you are in the mood for a scrap, go ahead 21
If you don’t improve, you may regret it 7
I got fleeced in Delhi 38
I had better be on my way. 5
Ill at ease 42
Improvement of his father 41
Impaired his health 70
Inclined towards 118
Incoherent 96
Incorrigible 76
Industrialization spawned capitalism 116
Infinite value 99
In his/her own way 94
In hot water 74
In it 40
In knots 81
In luck 125
Ins and outs 70
Insane fellow 106
Insidious 107
Insipid 107
In store for 125
Insurmountable 75
In the thick of things 44
In the end it was a dampener 61
In the making 43
in- thing 69
Into full stride 97
Intrigues me 69
Invaluable 66
Inviolate principal 64
Into a brawl 25
Iota 113
Iron out the kinks 31
Irresistible 72
Irresistible charm 106
Is arguable 42
I seemed to make things worse 45
I suggest you send out a feeler to him 24
I suggest you take a recess 48
It all ended up in zilch 43
I thought I would never live to grow a beard 56
It is none of your business 10
It is too soon to give up the game 10
It’s a far cry 19
It’s all there, but you must have the vision to see it 18
It’s a skill that you will have to master 20
It’s at your discretion 28
It should remain between you and me 30
It stands to reason to listen to him 29
It suited him well to remain anonymous 43
it’s top flight 67
It was imprudent of him to say this 24
It will not be prudent on my part 22
I was a fluke 43
J.
Jacked up 38
Jilted by 91
Just elbow him out 32
Just gate-crash 31
Just keep a normal friendship going 13
K.
Keep out of his way for a few days 14
Keep tabs on him 16
Keep the lid on and it will show results 23
Keep your cool 16
Keep your trap shut or I’ll rearrange your teeth 8
Kept to himself 83
Kicking it around 53
Killed the engine 53
Kind of deceit 63
king’s ransom 66
Knocked him down 123
Knock it down 32
Knock off your whiskers? 48
Knock the bottom out of him 52
Knows his marbles 100
L.
Lackluster 107
Ladies’ man 107
Laid back 101
Lair bare 116
Laid my eyes upon 99
Lame excuse 50
Last legs 106
Last night’s hangover 91
Latch on 13
Lax at her job 42
Lay bare 19
Lay off! 31
Layoff 121
Leading edge of technology 30
Leading to catastrophe 34
Learn the ropes 85
Led by the nose 102
Legs turned to jelly 79
Lend a helping hand 51
Let him off 52
Let’s anyone in of his secrets 97
Let’s carry the argument a little further 18
Let’s get cracking 16
Let’s have a brainstorming session 25
Let’s start from the top 32
Let off steam 31
Letter of the law 5
Level-headed 68
Light of combat 81
Lion’s share 67
Little by little she divorced herself from grief 87
Little shaky 44
Live in harmony 5
Lived by his wits 105
Livid with rage 92
living on different planets 77
Loathe him 91
Long and short 35
Long run 28
Long shot 43
Long shot 65
Look beneath the surface 17
Look into your collar 7
Look see 52
Lopsided 72
Lose the deal 62
Lost his touch 99
Lost in the woods 80
Lost the will to combat 61
Lost your mind 124
Loves his own voice 43
Lull before the storm 69
M.
Mad as a hornet 83
Made a mark 55
Made his mark 101
Made no bones 86
Made of sterner stuff 99
Made the most 35
Made the most 70
Magic wand 119
Mainstay 112
Major dent 70
Major upheavals 117
Make sense 29
Make both ends meet 36
Malicious character 91
Malingerer 108
Man of substance 103
Man with a mission 104
Map out 26
Mark my words 26
Marriage of convenience 120
Mauled 68
Maverick 107
May not be all he seems 41
Mean bone 98
Mediocrity 37
Mellowed 75
Mental agony 88
Middle of the road 67
Mind your blood pressure 12
Mint money 101
Missed it by a mile 68
Missing link 61
Modicum of respect 94
Mollify 49
Momentum of the mutiny 114
Monkey business 14
Moral rigidity 45
Morbid affair 67
Mortified 90
Mood darkened 81
Moon trip 40
More ardent your practice, the more the reward 20
More painstaking the effort, the more rewarding the result 28
Mull over 23
Murderous frenzy 91
Mushroomed 34
Mushy 89
My patience is at an end 10
My offer did little to stir her 55

N.
Nagging 111
Narcissistic 7
New kid on the block 108
Never felt better 81
Nightmarish situation 87
Nip this evil in the bud 27
Nitty-gritty 25
Noble contribution 120
No fool either 41
No-go situation 73
No great shakes 106
No love lost between them 88
No matter how seemingly unimportant he is, he will be needed 29
Nonchalantly 75
Nonconformist attitude 111
Nonentity 105
No reasoning 99
Nose-dived 38
Nose out 24
No signs 58
Nostalgic 84
No stomach 95
No stopping 97
No such thing 42
Not a drop 97
No x-ray 35
No-win situation 73
Numero uno 100
Nurturing grievances 7
Nuts and bolts 51

O.
Obnoxious 108
Obsessed 101
Odds 98
Offence 44
Off line 41
Off the ground 122
Off the hook 8
Off the record 73
Ogling 109
Old buddy 52
On-again off-again affair 54
One leg in the grave 113
One more crack 13
One of the select 119
On fire 81
On hold 23
Only on the surface 63
On the house 123
On your toes 15
Open and shut case 76
Opened its door 115
Opened the floodgates 115
Opinionated 75
Oppressed 113
Out of hand 72
Out of line 14
Out of my sight 42
Out of shape 112
Out of sorts 109
Out of the race 112
Out of this world 44
Out of turn 124
Outrageous 84
Outside chance 73
Outside the box 6
Overboard 86
Overlooked 72
Overplayed his cards 64
Overt display of emotions 97

P.
Pain in the neck 43
Pain in the neck 94
Paint themselves into a corner 118
Pale hint of 29
Pale with shock 80
Panic button as 49
Partying so hard 123
Passing time 70
Past masters 118
Patch up 15
Pat on his back 16
Peeved 89
Peevish 109
Penchant 90
Petrified and stood still 84
Pay him back in his own coin 28
Penny wise and pound foolish 41
Pep talk 85
Perfidious 109
Perplexed 84
Philandering behavior 66
Phony 73
Picked up steam 78
Pieces in place 49
Pilfered 39
Pink slip 121
Pin your hopes 18
Place more value 125
Plague 120
Plaintive voice 109
plan’s like a surgeon 98
Play ball with him 30
Play by the rules 105
Play it cool 14
Play their own games 81
Please button your lips 33
Pleased as punch 81
Pleased as punch 122
Please don’t shut me out 9
Please park yourself here 48
Please take stock of the situation 27
Pleasure 63
Plunged into the job with much fervour 37
Plush surroundings 112
Pogrom 120
Polygraph test 52
Pompous lifestyle 111
Poppycock 73
Pop your question 52
Precocious 110
Predicament 90
Pregnant pause 59
Prejudiced 74
pretentious 109
Prime of life 108
Problem on one side 58
Proclaimed offender 109
Profane 110
Profound effect 39
Profoundly 114
Promiscuous 110
Prophecies 110
Proved to be his undoing 64
Psyched out 84
Psychopath 110
Publicity hound 97
Pussyfoot 24
Put my finger 93
Pulled down a notch 95
Pulled some ranks 58
Pull it off 44
Pull up your socks 15
Pulverised 72
Pumped up 85
Pure gold 43
Put up 119
Push the ball into the goal 19
Put all the blame on him 17
Put on a front all 87
Put the arm-lock on him 16
Put the heat on him 31
Put the squeeze on him 49
Put your heads together 22
Put your shoulder to the wheel 10
Q.
Quandary 74
Quantum leap forward 114
Queer twist of fate 47
Quench your thirst 49
Quick-fix solution 66
Quick on the draw 73
Quick on the uptake 107
Quintessential 110
Quite a jolly 59

R.
Radical thought 111
Rained down 87
Raining cats and dogs 124
Raked up 22
Rampage 83
Rampage 121
Randy 89
Ransack 47
Rap his knuckles 15
Raring to go 80
Rattle his cage 31
Raunchy 106
Ravaged 46
Ravishing 110
Raw deal 75
Reached his nadir 108
Read between the lines 27
Real doll 102
Real scoop 65
Rebuffed 79
Rebuffed badly 46
Recluse 88
Recuperating 46
Recognise the malady before it becomes chronic 21
Red 79
Red-letter day 72
Reeling from 115
Refine you 63
Reflects your upbringing 113
Refuge of scoudrels 119
Refuse to be vanquished 87
Relegated into insignificance 117
Renegade 110
Reprimanded 46
Reputation no end of good 64
Resilience 66
Resolute 111
Reticent 83
Revelation 66
Rich are more covetous of money than the poor 69
Ridiculous 66
Rife 120
Right track 30
Repugnant 77
Rise and shine! 15
Rise to the challenge 56
Rise to the occasion 22
Roaring drunk 104
Rock of salvation 36
Rocks on this fulcrum 34
Rocky road ahead 43
Rolled-into 121
Roly-poly 109
Rote 102
Rough state 45
Roundly 92
Round the clock 39
Rub him the wrong way 24
Rude awakening 87
Rudimentary 66
Ruffians 111
Rugged 111
Rummaged through his pocket 122
Run-down of events 48
Run him down 25
Run into 39
Run into large debts 36
Running low 122
Running-out 8
Running out 53
Runs in his blood 103
Run up 36
Run you 71
Ruse 76
Rush me 26
S.
Schism 116
Scion of the royal family 98
Scoffed of 120
Sacrifice 64
Sagacious fellow 46
Sanctimonious attitude 46
Saw stars 53
Saw through me 125
Scorn 85
Scruff of his neck 81
Seasoned 111
Seemed normal on the surface 104
See me through 125
See-saw 34
See sense 125
See the light 76
Seething with anger 83
Self-explanatory 70
Self-righteous 110
Sell a refrigerator to an Eskimo 105
Send the instructions in black and white 29
Sensing defeat 57
Sensitive to criticism 87
Set in 71
Set into motion 34
Set the ball rolling 51
Settles the issue 124
Settle the matter out of court 37
Set up 45
Set up 81
Seventh heaven 90
Shadow of doubt 124
Shadows grew longer in his mind 59
Shaken my confidence 88
Shaking in boots 85
Shambles 118
Share good vibes 90
shell out 50
Shenanigans 49
Shine out 50
Shook off 53
Shoot the moon 8
Short fuse 44
Shot 75
Shot in the dark 76
Shot of adrenalin 88
Since you made this great proclamation 52
Sink in 80
Siphoned off 35
Sissy 111
Sits on his high horse 104
Sitting on the fence 103
Sixes and sevens 124
Sizing me up 55
Skeletons will tumble 38
Skin and bones 96
Skulduggery 48
Slip him a buck and get your job done 16
Slough of despond 86
Smart alec 100
Smell a rat 71
Smoke-screen 65
Snappy 11
Sniff in the wind 71
Sob story 48
Societal uncertainty 114
Software superpower 115
So impertinent 25
Soiled money 80
Solving his problem 64
Soul-Searching 7
Sounded me out 122
So unnerving 42
Speaks volumes 18
Spell bound 58
Spent force 101
Spill the beans 123
Spirits zoomed 81
Spoke in the wheel 113
Spooky 75
Sprang up 115
Spreads like wildfire 78
Spread their tentacles 118
Sprung up 117
Spur of the moment 80
Square on the chin 111
Stacked against him 98
Stand up for 113
Stared at me blankly 57
Start a fight in an empty house 96
Start from scratch 17
State of affairs 121
Stationed in 98
Steam 105
Steer the ship 99
Sticks like a leech 30
Sticks out like a sore thumb 97
Stick to your guns 52
Stiff as a board 96
Still a toddler 100
Stir him 69
Stir up 17
Stomach 79
Stool pigeon 121
Stop and ponder over the issue 49
Stop badmouthing her 15
Stop nit-picking 14
Stop these silly pranks 23
Storm in a teacup 56
Straight face 81
Stress is telling upon his health 71
Struck 119
Sure things 58
Surging across 114
Sustained fire 47
Swanky 75
Swear at the drop of a hat 110
Swell 44
Swept away 57
Swimming upstream 5
Swollen-head 77
Squirming 42
T.
Tactician of rare acumen 98
Take a lot 111
Take a shot 49
Take it or lump it 31
Take it with a pinch of salt 27
Taken to drugs 113
Take ones breath away 123
Take on the job 57
Take the bait 53
Take the bull by the horns 15
Take the plunge 49
Talks through his hat 125
Tap into your conscience 7
Tapped into a minefield 59
Tear away your blinkers 17
Teeny-bopper 30
Tension pervaded the room 84
Testing the waters 62
Thames on fire 71
That way 41
The backdrop against which 34
The battle will be protracted 22
The convergence of different pressures will eventually break him 88
The die was cast and there was no going back 59
The door that shunned him opened again 56
The going since morning has been very sedate 45
The hots 44
The ladies placed themselves in evidence 56
The light touch works well rather than being angry 28
Theory into practice 61
The party pulsated on his arrival 55
There is virtue in speaking the truth 20
The results are nil 43
The results could be utterly disastrous. 5
The river had various degrees of rapids 47
The Queen can’t hold candle for you 13
Think it serves you right 18
Thin line 61
This belief will harden into dogma 29
This end 40
This is awfully out of date 18
This is one way to get out of the muck 27
This study is meaningless unless it helps people 29
This venture is not financially viable 28
This will help you extend your reach immensely 29
This will pave your way for success in life 19
Throbbing core 37
Through the nose 39
Through the root 53
Throw in the towel 16
Thunderbolt 119
Tied up 17
Tiger by tail 74
Tight-lipped 74
Till the cows come home 51
Time hung heavily 58
Time have taken a turn 54
Time for action has come 62
To chart your own course 6
To create a framework 6
To cut a long story short 53
Tolerate 66
Tone up 24
Took this to heart and suffered a stroke 88
Too little and too late 69
Too miserly to part with 104
Too much of a bother 123
Too wise to be failed like this 77
Top of the heap 48
To reassert 6
Tore the world asunder 115
Toss a few crumbs to him 52
Total chaos 93
Totally isolated 83
Totally stoned 98
Total wreak 95
To top it all 125
Torn apart 88
Touch-and-go 45
Toying with a couple of ideas 122
Trace element 115
Traffic stopper 107
Tread her ground 5
Trendy 113
Trickle will become a steady stream 61
Trick of the trade 37
Troops to task 72
Throw a wet blanket 46
Truncated 60
Try to get fresh 124
Try to unfold your mind 13
Try to wangle out of this situation 24
Turned a new leaf 103
Turned heads 94
Turned it around 62
Turned the tables 37
Turned up 59
Turn green with envy 91
Turning disaster into triumph 60
Turning point 71
Turning out to be a glorious year 62
Turn your back 26
Two and two together 18
Two-timing 76
U.
Unbelievable 66
Uncommonly fast 61
Under the thumb 104
Under your thumb 67
Under your wings 19
Unfathomable mystery 71
Unfounded rumor’s 65
Unnerving 83
Unparalleled 115
Unscrupulous 94
Upbeat 85
Uphill task 76
Up to the mark 28
Up to the mark 102
Utter defeat 92
V.
Various situations you encounter in war will make you a tough man 19
Very heavy stuff 67
Very long 122
W.
Walking into a minefield 7
War 79
Wash off your hands 51
Wade through 20
Way of thinking 116
Well in hand 71
Well off 102
Went Dry 87
Wept in happiness 80
We will first test the waters 12
We will have to rush or someone will beat us to it 12
Wheels of development turning 116
White collar 75
White elephant 68
White-faced 79
White with anger 81
Will bamboozle you 33
Will be led 14
Will end in tears 62
Willy-nilly sucked into a debt trap 118
Will you recapitulate all that happened 48
Wind of it 65
Wired togather 118
Wired up 84
Wilted under pressure 86
Without your support it will languish 26
With that kind of drinking I wonder if you have any liver left 26
Wits end 54
Wizard 105
What an eventful day it was 41
What he sees in her 44
What hope is there? 11
What hope is there? 42
What kind of stakes are we playing for? 11
What made you say yes? 10
What is eating you 50
What’s all the fuss about? 25
When will you bring it to daylight? 50
Where does that get you? 11
Where do you think this road will carry you? 5
Wolf in sheep clothing 104
Word was out 57
Workaholic 97
Work in unison 116
Wormed 57
Worth a pound 45
Worth its weight in gold 41
Wound up 123
Wrap men around her little finger 96
Wrap up 16
Y.
Yearning for freedom 88
Yeoman 70
You are in the cockpit 6
You are not going to make decisions that are mine 12
You are not worth your salt if you don’t keep your word 18
You better believe it 51
You can’t impose your will on children 17
You can’t leave me in the lurch 28
You had this coming because of your lifestyle 26
You have a tremendous responsibility up the road 13
You have done more than your share to prevent it 11
You have to acclimatise yourself to the life of a married man 30
You have to bail her out of this situation 21
You have to fit in the frame of politics 17
You have to rough it out 27
You have to take the hard road to satisfy your desire 26
You have to work against time 27
You must be snappy as I have little time 21
You must learn to say please 10
You must stand up and be counted 30
Your efforts will not be in vain 26
Your head seems to be out there in the stars when there is enough trouble here 12
You seem to be in a state of plaque 10
You should cast your eyes onto the future 29
You should have dropped a hint 11
You simply mind the store 14
You take the cake! 50
You will be ostracised if you don’t improve 23
You will come to grief if you invest in the share market 18
You will see him in different light once you know more details 8
Z.
Zombie 97
Zonked 81

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