• separate the sheep from the goats

• put him through go through the mill

• a milestone

• get the better of someone

• up to the minute

• bet one's bottom dollar

• a matter of opinion

• get a move on

• one in a million

• start from scratch

• a maiden lady

• stir one's stumps

• number one

• take the mickey out of him

• come full circle

• take it from there

• a good Samaritan

• come to one's senses

• keep the wolf from the door

• fall from grace

• when it comes to the point

• be in the money

• midsummer madness

• in the heat of the moment

• jump down his throat

• manna from heaven

• on the stump

• a marked man

• from pillar to post

• be in the melting-pot

• a fifth-columnist