1.

be on the ball
2. twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger
3. be firing on all cylinders
4. hedge your bets
5. turn your nose up at something
6. take to your heels
7. lay bare something
8. have sb over a barrel
9. one of these days
10. one of those days
11. get off the ground
12. brave the elements
13. be rolling in the aisles
14. make (such) a pig of yourself
15. to leave no stone unturned
16. stretch the truth
17. breathe down sb's neck
18. become of sb/sth
19. be spoiling for a fight
20. on automatic pilot