Idioms or similar symbolic phrases

[applecruncher]

Barking up the wrong tree

 

[tinytn]

In no uncertain terms

 

[Kaila]

Test the waters, first...

 

[applecruncher]

A bun in the oven.

 

[Sunny]

Skating on thin ice

 

[Kaila]

Better not stir the pot...

 

[mike4lorie]

Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk

 

[Sunny]

Can of worms

 

[Kaila]

They're walking a fine line.

 

[mike4lorie]

Born with a silver spoon in your mouth

 

[JustBonee]

On The Ball

 

[applecruncher]

Sounds like sour grapes

 

[jerry old]

spent a lot of time with cowboys, cannot remember their many, many idioms. pulled these of net, they were common phrases
around cowboys. They had/have their own lexicon.

Spine Wrinkler (outlaw horse that will always buck)
Worm fence

 

[jerry old]

Bump
don't know if 'Beyond the pale,' has been mentioned, if so it needs to be mentioned
again as a commentary on the national news.

 

[Sunny]

Crocodile Tears

 

[Kaila]

I cried me a river....... river of tears.

 

[tinytn]

Throw Caution to the Wind.

 

[Kaila]

Don't gather dust....

 

[tinytn]

In one ear and out the other

 

[Kaila]

....head in the clouds......

(must be a very tall person! )

 

[joybelle]

Takes one to know one.

 

[applecruncher]

Blowing smoke up someone's xxx

 

[JustBonee]

Once in a Blue Moon ... ≥≤

 

[applecruncher]

Dog eat dog world.

 

[Sunny]

Cat on a hot tin roof