walk tall

burn the midnight oil

feel no pain

hang back

set in one's ways

walk the plank

fall guy

steam up

in point of fact

between a rock and a hard place

prepare the ground

warts and all

on the edge of one's seat

water under the bridge

nip A in the bud

knock up

read one's palm

live wire

weather the storm

in one's element

wedge in

in a body

one on top of the other

go with the territory

the straight and narrow

land on one's feet

have a close shave

what the doctor ordered

whipping boy

nip A in the bud

open one's face

a drop in the bucket

whipping boy

day of reckoning

white elephant

gray area

have a cow

sit still for

toe the line

white lie