• 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