to have all the required documents / to put forward the qualities necessary to achieve a goal; to have what it takes

(idiomatic) to contradict what one has said or done in the past; to shift one's ground; to move the goalposts; to turn the tables

as if by a very strong force of attraction; in the same way that bees are attracted to honey

with one's back to the wall; up against the wall

(idiomatic) to run the gauntlet, to pass under the yoke (to have to undergo a challenging ordeal, particularly a humiliating one with a punitive element)

all roads lead to Rome (different paths can take to the same goal)

Synonym of remare contro

(idiomatic) to take the bull by the horns

to go to bed with the sun, to go to bed with the chickens (to go to bed very early)

still waters run deep