• go through the motion

• thumb a lift

• for the money

• be on the mend

• be all fingers and thumbs

• take the mickey out of him

• down in the mouth

• splice the mainbrace

• at the most

• under his thumb

• with an eye to the main chance

• the man of the moment

• in the making

• thumb one's nose at

• momentum of the moment

• at the mercy of it

• be over the hump

• the morning after the night before

• be in the money

• the milk of human kindness

• nail one's colours to the mast

• for the most part

• be up to the mark

• be in the middle of doing it

• on the move

• the end justifies the means

• twiddle one's thumbs

• over the moon

• the turn of the month year century

• on the make

• be on the market