(informal) that's rich! (an expression of surprised indignation)

(figuratively) to keep a cool head

(informal) the hard way, in a tough manner, roughly

(figuratively) to hold one's head high, to stand tall

(informal) to feel great, to be in great form, to be full of beans / (law, dated) to have the sole fishing rights in a certain place

(figuratively, colloquial) to set someone thinking, to cause someone to suspect something

(informal) at full throttle, pedal to the metal, hell-for-leather (at full speed)

(transitive with à) to twist someone's arm; force someone's hand

(informal, figuratively) to sock it to someone, to blow someone away, to impress someone

necessity is the mother of invention