The chips are starting to crumble! |
Let the chips fall where they may + that's the way the cookie crumbles (?) |
seize the iron while it's hot |
strike while the iron is hot + seize the day(?) |
bite the bull by the horns |
bite the bullet + take the bull by the horns |
at the drop of a bucket |
at the drop of a hat + a drop in the bucket |
it's in your ballpark |
the ball is in your court + in the right ballpark |
the fatal flaw in the ointment |
the fatal flaw (in your argument) + the fly in the ointment |
put up a fit |
put up a fight + have a fit |
jumping at the bit |
jumping at the chance + champing at the bit |
a spit's throw |
within spitting distance + a stone's throw |
go with the program |
go with the flow + get with the program |
it's no skin off their teeth |
no skin off their nose + by the skin of their teeth |
You've buttered your bread, now lie in it. |
? + you've made your bed, now lie in it |
don't get carried off the deep end |
don't get carried away + going off the deep end |
We'll burn that bridge when we come to it. |
burn bridges + cross that bridge when we come to it. |
He's back with a clean bill of slate. |
He's back with a clean bill of health + A clean slate. |
that's gravy on the cake |
that's gravy + that's icing on the cake. |
you're a better man, Charlie Brown |
you're a better man than I, Gunga Din + you're a good man, Charlie Brown |
That dotcom has gone down the pan |
That dotcom has gone down the drain + That dotcom is a flash in the pan. |
Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg. |
biting the hand that feeds + killing the goose that lays the golden eggs |
That hits the ticket. |
That hits the spot + just the ticket |
That fits the bill. |
That fills the bill + fits |
Getting back in the hang of it. |
Getting back in the swing of it + Getting the hang of it. |
Fall off the bandwagon. |
Fall off the wagon + Jump on the bandwagon. |
I'd give my right teeth. |
I'd give my right arm + I'd give my eye teeth. |
Don't go barking up a dead horse |
Don't go barking up the wrong tree + Don't beat a dead horse |
It blew my breath away |
It blew my mind + It took my breath away |
It revived its head |
It revived itself + It raised its head |
Pops its head |
Pops up + Raised its head |
Run for your wind |
Run for your life + Run like the wind |
Gone over the deep edge |
Gone off the deep end + Gone over the edge |
A straw too many |
The straw that broke the camel's back + One too many |
going around the pass |
going around the bend + going over the pass |
catch a gander |
catch a glimpse + take a gander |
triggers a bell |
triggers a response + rings a bell |
he's got his ass together |
he's got his act together + he's got his ass in gear |
This is not rocket surgery! |
This is not rocket science + This is not brain surgery |
You're dead meat in the water! |
You're dead meat + You're dead in the water |
The whole ball of works |
The whole ball of wax + The whole works |
Keep your nose to the ground |
Keep your nose to the grindstone + Keep your ear to the ground |