• for dear life

• fine feathers make fine birds

• a Man Friday

• by a short head

• sticks and stones may break my bones

• have a whale of a time

• all in good time

• a leading light

• bunch of five

• what price it

• fall by the wayside

• lay it on the line

• of a size

• my heart sinks

• ride roughshod over him

• from the bottom of my heart

• put it behind you

• like a Dutch uncle

• needs must when the devil rides

• neither hide nor hair or it

• play one's cards close right

• in full cry

• prey on his mind

• strike a bad patch

• needs must when the devil drives

• a flying visit

• get into one's stride

• eat humble pie

• suffice it to say

• get the wind of it

• the staff of life