actions speak louder than words add insult to injury blessing in disguise bitten off more than you can chew curiosity killed the cat cross that bridge when you come to it don’t run before you can walk easy does it eyes are bigger than your stomach for donkey's years fish out of water glad to see the back of gift of the gab have eyes in the back of your head hit the nail on the head ignorance is bliss in dribs and drabs jump on the bandwagon jack-of-all-trades kill two birds with one stone know which way the wind blows let the cat out of the bag let sleeping dogs lie miss the boat many a true word spoken in jest neither a lender nor a borrower be no smoke without fire once in a blue moon out of the frying pan into the fire pigs might fly put the cart before the horse round the houses ring a bell see eye to eye song and a dance take it with a pinch of salt talking to a brick wall upset the apple cart under the weather waste not want not wild goose chase you can’t judge a book by its cover you can say that again