(Britain) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security

(idiomatic) To acknowledge the positive qualities of a person who is unpleasant or disliked.

(idiomatic) To allow (someone) to act without constraint: to give (someone) free rein.

To kill, especially by beheading. / (idiomatic, by extension) To destroy; to defeat utterly.

One could be someone's parent, said of a woman older than a man.

(idiomatic) To confront an adversary in his or her own environment

(Southern US) Said when it rains while the sun is shining; that is, when a sunshower occurs.

Alternative form of hand someone his hat

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To require someone to depart; to dismiss someone.

(simile, US, regional) Straight, unerringly, directly.