• get in on the act

• from the bottom of my heart

• a hothead

• beyond a joke

• pull a fast one on him

• have a down on

• a watched pot never boils

• watch him like a hawk

• a heart-throb

• be well up on

• take it in good part

• far and away

• knock spots off him

• not to be in the same street as it

• not for toffee

• on the job

• get on his wick

• on stand-by

• let on

• not long for this world

• not much of a

• on no account

• I should think so not

• on order

• pull out all the stops

• not likely

• a false start

• get one's own back on him

• faint heart never won fair lady

• put one's head on the block a noose

• up in arms