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     (1) It is a bed of roses for the old man to live in nice style.

     (1) He has now become a big shot.

     (1) He was so worried that he looked like a cat on hot bricks.

     (1) Don't play your ace in the hole until the critical moment.

     (1) He lost all his money, so he was really a church mouse.

     (1) Though he is in a poor living, he is still a dog with two tails.

     (1) It is a feather in the cap when you did a good thing.

     (1) The leader of this village is a new broom.

     (1) Helen is the apple of her mother's eye.

     (1) The editor of that magazine is a ready pen.

     (1) The rule set by the officer are all red tapes.

     (1) There is no short cut to knowledge.

     (1) That teacher used a stop watch to check the student's record.

     (1) We call Jim a walking library because he knows a lot of things.

     (1) The boring old man was a wet blanket at the party.

     (1) The doctor told a white lie to the patient.

     (1) Sometimes people would say "a yellow boy" instead of "a gold coin".

     (1) The poor man's children are as good as gold.

     (1) His father is as green as grass.

     (1) The students are all ears in class.

     (1) He has got ants in his pants.

     (1) An apple polisher is not exactly a bribe, but is close to it.

      (1) When I walked on the busy road, I was at sea.

      (1) It's only 10 km to the nearest school as the crow flies.

      (1) Everything in the house is at sixes and sevens.