• second to none

• put all the eggs in one basket

• at your beck and call

• knuckle down to it

• the old country

• come to grief

• a work of art

• just the ticket

• out of pocket

• slap and tickle

• a practical joke

• speak up

• not to give a tinker's cuss for it

• stick out like a sore thumb

• cut it fine

• stick one's neck out

• a jack-of-all-trades

• ggod's own country

• make a pig of oneself

• his second childhood

• the rank and file

• come full circle

• milk and water

• make a hit with him

• make a monkey out of him

• make up one's mind

• out of commission

• a vicious circle

• in mint condition

• come be within striking distance

• a horse of a different colour