• not to be able to make head or tail of it
• not to be able to call one's soul one's own
• lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
• turn the tables
• not to be able to take one's eyes off it
• turn the tables on him
• bus your own table
• not to be able to stand the sight of
• drink him under the table
• not to be able to see the wood for the trees