1.A Bed of Roses2 2.A Big Fish in a Small Pond4 3.A Cat on Hot Bricks6 4.A Dear John Letter8 5.A Dog in the Manger10 6.A Penelope’s Web12 7.A Simon Legree14 8.A Snake in the Grass16 9.A Sop to Cerberus18 10.A Storm in a Teacup20 11.A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing22 12.Achilles's Heel24 13.Adam's Apple26 14.After One's Own Heart28 15.All at Sea30 16.An Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth32 17.The Apple of Discord34 18.As Poor as a Church Mouse36 19.As Shy as Daphne38 20.As Wise as Solomon40 21.Ask for Bread and Be Given a Stone42 22.Backseat Driver44 23.Bark up the Wrong Tree46 24.Be Greek to Someone48 25.Be/Get on One's Nerves50 26.Be on the Fence52 27.Beam in One's Own Eye54 28.Bear a Bellerophon Letter 56 29.Beard the Lion in His Den58 30.Beat Around the Bush60 31.Beat the Air62 32.Before the Flood64 33.Better (Is) a Neighbor Nearby than a Brother Faraway66 34.Between Scylla and Charybdis68 35.Bob's Your Uncle70 36.Burn One's Boat 72 37.Burn One's Fingers74 38.Bury One's Head in the Sand76 39.Bury the Hatchet78 40.By Hook or by Crook80 41.Call Someone on the Carpet82 42.Carry Coals to Newcastle84 43.Cast One's Bread upon the Waters86 44.Cast Pearls Before Swine88 45.Cast Sheep's Eyes at90 46.Cat's Paw92 47.Chain Smoker94 48.Cock on His Own Dunghill96 49.Cordelia's Gift98 50.Creations of Cadmus100 51.Cross the Rubicon102 52.Cry Stinking Fish104 53.Cry Wolf106 54.Curious as Lot's Wife108 55.Cut off One's Nose to Spite One's Face110 56.Dine with Duke Humphrey112 57.Do Not Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand IsDoing.114 58.Doubting Thomas116 59.Eat Crow118 60.Eat Humble Pie120 61.Eleventh Hour122 62Ewe Lamb124 63.Far Cry126 64.Fifth Column128 65.Fish in Troubled Water130 66.Get out of Bed on the Wrong Side132 67.Gild the Lily134 68.Give Me a Break136 69.Go Through Fire and Water138 70.Go to Jericho140 71.Golden Fleece142 72.Gordian Knot144 73.Greek Calends146 74.Greek Gift(s)148 75.Green Hand150 76.Handwriting on the Wall152 77.Have a Card up One's Sleeve154 78.Have Ants in One's Pants156 79.Have the Midas Touch158 80.Head over Heels160 81.Hen-pecked162 82.Horse Sense164 83I.n a Nutshell166 84.In One's Birthday Suit168 85.Job's Comforter170 86.Joe Miller172 87.John Bull174 88.John Hancock176 89.Judas Kiss178 90.Keep One's Nose Close to the Grindstone180 91.Kill the Goose to Get the Eggs182 92.Knock on Wood184 93.Know the Ropes186 94.Let George Do It188 95.Lick One's Boots190 96.Like a Bull in a China Shop192 97.Like a Rip Van Winkle194 98.Lose One's Edge196 99.Lose One's Wool198 100.Make a Clean Breast (of)200 101.Make a Pig of Oneself202 102.Make Bricks Without Straw204 103.Meet One's Waterloo206 104.Mercury Fig208 105.Mind One's P's and Q's210 106.Neither Fish nor Fowl212 107.Old Adam214 108.Pandora's Box216 109.Pipe of Peace218 110.Polish the Apple220 111.Promethean Fire222 112.Put Oneself out of Court224 113.Put the Cart Before the Horse226 114.Put the Cat Among the Pigeons228 115.Rain Cats and Dogs230 116.Red Tape232 117.Return to One's Mutton234 118.Rob Peter to Pay Paul236 119.School of Hard Knocks238 120.Scotch, Straight up240 121.Scotch the Snake242 122.Sell One's Hens on a Rainy Day244 123.Separate the Sheep from the Goats246 124.Shed Crocodile Tears248 125.Sour Grapes250 126.Sphinx's Riddle252 127.Spoil the Egyptians254 128.Spring Chicken256 129.Swan Song258 130.The Apple of One's Eye260 131.The Black Sheep of the Family262 132.The Die Is Cast264 133.The Garden of Eden266 134.The Herculean Efforts268 135.The Last Straw270 136.The Lion's Share272 137.The Old Dragon274 138.The Real McCoy276 139.The Salt of the World278 140.The Widow's Cruse280 141.Throw out the Baby with the Bath Water282 142.To Have Hobson's Choice284 143.To Sit Above the Salt286 144.Tom Girl and Nancy Boy288 145.Turn the Cold Shoulder on290 146.Ugly Duckling292 147.Uncle Sam294 148.Under the Rose296 149.Wash One's Hands of298 150.Whited Sepulcher300 151.Wool-gathering302