Well Known Sayings Answers November 2013

Number Answer
1 (Ask not) for whom the bell tolls
2 Batten down the hatches
3 As different as chalk and cheese
4 Designer stubble
5 Economical with the truth
6 Fait accompli
7 Get off on the wrong foot
8 Hard and fast
9 I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat
10 Jam tomorrow
11 Kangaroo court
12 Like lambs to the slaughter
13 Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
14 Never knowingly undersold
15 Over the top
16 Paper tiger
17 Queer street
18 Red letter day
19 Start from scratch
20 Take a back seat
21 Use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
22 Walk the plank
23 A bunch of fives
24 Beat a hasty retreat
25 Cheap at half the price
26 Draw a blank
27 Elementary my dear Watson
28 Fell off the back of a lorry
29 Give a wide berth
30 Have an axe to grind
31 Wear your heart on your sleeve
32 Jerry built
33 Keep the ball rolling
34 Let them eat cake
35 Mad as a hatter
36 Nip in the bud
37 Open season
38 Pig in a poke
39 Red sky at night
40 Sent to Coventry
41 Talk to the Devil
42 Word for word
43 Zero tolerance
44 A diamond is forever
45 Beauty is only skin deep
46 Chewing the cud
47 Dressed up to the nines
48 End of story
49 Flesh and blood
50 Go like the clappers
51 Hedge your bets
52 In the limelight
53 Jobs for the boys
54 Knight in shining armour
55 Level playing field
56 Make him an offer he can't refuse
57 No dice
58 On your tod
59 Plain sailing
60 Quality time
61 Riding shotgun
62 sealed with a loving kiss
63 Turn a blind eye
64 Up a blind alley
65 Well heeled
66 A drop in the bucket
67 Beyond our Ken
68 Close quarters
69 Drink like a fish
70 Everybody out
71 Foregone conclusion
72 Go down like a lead balloon
73 High, wide and handsome
74 Indian summer
75 Knuckle under
76 Lick into shape
77 Make your hair stand on end
78 No holds barred
79 One small step for man
80 Put a spanner in the works
81 Ring down the curtain
82 Shiver me timbers
83 The last straw
84 Up the apple and pears
85 Whet your appetite
86 Above board
87 Bowled a maiden over
88 Friday afternoon car
89 Goody two-shoes
90 High flyer
91 Set your teeth on edge
92 The moving finger writes
93 Woe is me
94 Full tilt
95 Good samaritan
96 Three score years and ten
97 Wolf in sheep's clothing
98 Trick or treat
99 Women and children first
100 Throw in the towel

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