• sock it to him
• have one's sights on it
• be sorry for him
• put a place on the map
• a soft option
• a soft mark
• like a house on fire
• get one's skates on
• soften him up
• packed like sardines
• fix on it
• have a soft spot for it
• put a sock in it
• set one's sights on
• a price on his head
• pin one's hopes on
• pull one's socks up
• my lips are sealed
• pin one's hopes on him
• drown one's sorrows
• put a good face on it
• more in sorrow than in anger
• soft in the head
• a sob-story
• dance attendance on him