The coast was clear.

The coast was clear.

Needle in a bottle of hay.

Needle in a bottle of hay.

Cut and come again.

Cut and come again.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.

As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.

By hooke or crooke.

By hooke or crooke.

As cold as cucumbers.

As cold as cucumbers.

With tooth and nail.

With tooth and nail.

A thorn in the flesh.

A thorn in the flesh.