• not worth a damn

• down-to-earth

• worth one's salt

• bring him back to earth

• bring come back to earth

• run it to earth

• go to earth

• the game is not worth the candle

• get one's money's worth

• more power to his elbow

• worthy of the name

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

• those were the days

• worth his while

• tell him where to get off he gets off

• wear the trousers

• for what it is worth

• worth its weight in gold

• tell him where to get off

• bring back down to earth

• for all one is worth