A la carte (in a restaurant) referring to food that can be ordered as separate items,

rather than part of a set meal.

Bonhomie Cheerful friendliness; geniality.

Toff A rich or upper-class person.

Dauntless Showing fearlessness and determination.

Besmirch Damage (someone's reputation)

Lacklustre Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.

Hobnob Mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.

Your own flesh and blood your family or relations

Eaten out of house and home to waste and consume his substance, money etc.
Good riddance A welcome relief from someone or something undesirable or unwanted.

Green-eyed monster Jealousy.

Break the ice To make people who have not met before feel more relaxed with
each other:
As dead as a doornail Completely dead:

To get your money’s worth to feel that something you have got is worth the amount you paid for it

Be given short shrift If you get or are given short shrift by someone, you
are treated withoutsympathy and given little attention:

Lay it on with a trowel To crudely labour a point, or flatter in an overly generous manner.

To be hoist with your own petard Injured by the device that you intended to use to
injure others.
To go the extra mile To make more effort than is expected of you:

Filthy lucre Money

To go from strength to strength develop or progress with increasing success.

Get to the root of the matter The central, or most important element of a topic, problem, or issue

The salt of the earth a person or group of people of great kindness, reliability, or honesty.

Fire and brimstone preachers

Used to mean the threat of Hell or damnation (= punishment that lasts

forever) after death:
A leopard can’t change its spots something you say that means a person's character,
especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend
A bird in a hand is worth two in a bush don't be greedy and stick with what good things
you already have, instead of going after something you'll probably never
get.
A wolf in sheep’s closing is harder to spot a person with a pleasant and friendly appearance
that hides the fact that they are evil
Have a fly in your ointment a single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that
could have been very positive or enjoyable:
Umpteenth time if something happens for the umpteenth time, it happens again after
having happened many times before – used when you are annoyed that it
has happened so often
Charade an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable
appearance.
Sternum the breastbone.

Gobble up to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.

Pickleherring a clown, a buffoon

Jobbernowl A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a numbskull.

Fopdoodle nonsense

Snuffbumble nonsense

Ballpark A baseball stadium or field.

Coleslaw Sliced raw cabbage mixed with mayonnaise and other vegetables, eaten
as a salad.
Pretzel A crisp biscuit baked in the form of a knot or stick and flavored with salt.

Breakeven The point or state at which a person or company breaks even.

Bottom line The final total of an account, balance sheet, or other financial document.

Blue-chip Denoting companies or their shares considered to be a reliable

investment, though less secure than gilt-edged stock.
White-collar Relating to the work done or those who work in an office or other
professional environment.
Drift back across the pond Across the Atlantic Ocean

Get the hang of sth to learn how to do something, esp. when it is not simple or obvious

Pilfer to steal things of small value: