to take sb for a ride	/to deceive someone/
to walk on air	/to be very happy, euphoric/
to go to great lengths	/to work very hard to accomplish something/
to swim against the tide	/to do something that is in opposition to the general movement of things
to be in the same boat	/to be in the same unpleasant situation as other people/
wheeling and dealing	/complicated and sometimes dishonest agreements in business or politics that people try to achieve i
to let things (*sth) ride	/to allow something to continue or remain as it is/
to drive sb round the bend	/to make someone very angry, especially by continuing to do something annoying/
to rock the boat	/to disturb a situation that is otherwise stable and satisfactory/
to get one’s walking papers	/get fired from a job/
dry run	/rehearsal/