• 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