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• (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
• (one) ain't particular
• (one) can hardly believe his or her eyes
• (one) can scarcely believe his or her eyes
• (one) can't win for losing
• (one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
• (one) figures (that)
• (one) would do well to (do something)
• (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
• (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
• (someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
• (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
• (the) next thing (one) knows
• an offer one can't refuse
• as (one) pleases
• as (something) as they come
• as as they come
• as far as (one) knows
• as far as (someone/something) is concerned
• as if (one) owns the place
• be (not) as black as (someone/something) is painted
• be all in
• be as (something) as they come
• be as [crazy etc.] as they come
• be half the (something) (one) used to be
• be not what it's cracked up to be
• be worth the paper it's're printed on
• bigger they are, the harder they fall
• bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
• can barely hear (oneself) think
• can hardly hear (oneself) think
• Church ain't out till they quit singing
• count chickens before they hatch
• count one's chickens before they hatch
• curse the day (one) was born
• damned if (one) does and damned if (one) doesn't
• don't count your chickens before they're hatched
• faster than you can say Jack Robinson
• for all (one) is worth
• get more than (one) bargained for
• give an inch and they'll take a mile
• have (one's) druthers
• He can whistle for it!
• hit (someone) when (he or she) is down
• How they hanging?
• How’re they hanging?
• I take it
• If frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts
• if pigs had wings, they would/could fly
• let the chips fall where they may
• make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
• mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
• need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head
• not as black as (one) is painted
• not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
• not know whether one is coming or going
• now (someone) has gone and done it
• pick (something) up where (one) left off
• pick up what (one) is putting down
• play the hand (one) is dealt
• puts (one's) trousers on one leg at a time (just like everybody else)
• quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
• rue the day (that something happened)
• stoop to conquer
• The bigger they are, the harder they fall
• the bigger they come, the harder they fall
• the last thing (one) needs
• the last thing (one) wants
• the least (someone) could do
• the more things change, the more they stay the same
• They also serve who only stand and wait
• They broke the mould when they made
• They don't make them like they used to
• They must have seen you coming
• they that live longest see most
• They went that a'way
• they're only after one thing
• Things are seldom what they seem
• think (someone) hung the moon and the stars
• till (one) (is) blue in the face
• what (one) has coming
• what was (one) smoking
• where (one) lives
• whichever way you slice it
• who's (someone) when (he's/she's/they're) at home
• work till you drop
• work until you drop
• you can dispense with (something)
• you look a little peaked
• you look like a million
• you saved the day
• you're on!