• as large as life

• right arm

• for the most part

• after his own heart

• price it out of the market

• a hard time of it

• have a heart of gold

• a false start

• keep it dark

• tow heads are better than one

• no holds barred

• discretion is the better part of valour

• the life and soul of the party

• the sixty-four thousand dollar question

• a smart aleck

• part company

• cross my heart

• a false alarm

• get up with the lark

• hard cash

• eat one's heart out

• march to the beat of your own drum

• be a marked man

• play one's cards close right

• twist his arm

• from the bottom of my heart

• have one's heart in one's boots

• be poles apart

• a drop of the hard stuff

• quick off the mark

• out of harm's way