an old flame	sb one was once in love with
stole her heart	fall in love
the man of her dreams	ideal man
head over heels in love	very much in love with sb
broke her/his heart	cause great unhappienes
change of heart	change of feeling for sb/sth
wears her/his heart on her/his sleeve	allow ones feeling to be too obvious
seen eye to eye	to agree
all's fair in love and war	all actions are justified when there are feelings of love
donkeys years	long time
buried the hatchet	forget old quarrels
the apple of once eye	sb one is most fond of
black sheep of family	person strongly diapproved
played hard to get	pretend one is not interested in sb
like putty in her hands	easily controlled
driven him round the bend	annoy sb a lot
tied tje knot	to get married
in clover	in comfort
blood is thicker than water	family relations mare strongest
bolting down	eat very fast
bombing along	travel very fast
butted in	interrupt sb
applies to	relevant to sb
let sb off	excuse sb from punishment
on the run from	try to avoid being captured
dispose of	throw sth away
chherd sb on	encurage sb
gain on	get near to sb in chasing
congregated around	gathered around
fit sb in	find time in schedule tim
got in	arrive
get down to	start concentrate on sth
set up	start
break away from	stop being a part of sth
fallen out with	quarrell with sb
at odds with	very different
decide on	mak mind on sth
face up to	accept sth
in the interests of	for the sake of
give sb thr boot	fire from job
a lame duck	weak person
feeling the pinch	suffer bcoz lack of money
in the red	in debt
hit rock bottom	reach lowest point
in the black	in credit
play with fire	take danger risk
step into his shoes	replace sb
a firm hand	control and discipline
pay dividends	bring advantages at a later date
a small fortune	lot of money
meant buisseness	be serious about
get off the ground	start sth
bear fruit	produce good results
living on shoestring	live with litte miney
burning the midnight oil	work very late
rolling in it	to be rich
keep head aboce water	survive financial problems
money down th drain	money wasted
tighten our belts	to live on smaller amount of money