Idioms or similar symbolic phrases

[applecruncher]

Lighting the candle at both ends.

 

[RubyK]

Take one for the team

 

[Kaila]

Get to the bottom of it.

 

[applecruncher]

Cream of the crop.

 

[JustBonee]

Cut Corners

 

[Kaila]

He's not your cup of tea?

 

[JustBonee]

Burn the Midnight Oil

 

[Kaila]

Brace yourself.

 

[tinytn]

This is the last straw!

 

[Kaila]

Looking for a needle in a haystack?

 

[applecruncher]

Straight from the horse's mouth.

 

[Kaila]

Has them sitting on the edge of their seats.

 

[tinytn]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

 

[Kaila]

Love makes the world go round.

 

[RadishRose]

To make a long story short....

 

[RadishRose]

Once in a blue moon

 

[Kaila]

One in a million

 

[RubyK]

Hard act to follow

 

[Kaila]

Are you in my corner?

 

[tinytn]

I'm Ready, Willing and Able

 

[applecruncher]

I've got your back.

 

[Kaila]

Bridge over troubled water....

 

[applecruncher]

Water under the bridge

 

[tinytn]

Bone of Contention

 

[Kaila]

Up river without a paddle