and, to cap it all	and finally
at the drop of a hat	immediately and without thinking
to be out of pocket	to have less money that you should have
below the belt	unfair and cruel
to fit like a glove	to fit perfectly
to get the boot	be dismissed from your job (inf.)
to get hot UNDER the collar ABOUT sth	to get angry about sth
to GET / HAVE sth under your belt	to have already achieved or done sth
to have sth UP YOUR sleeve	to have a secret plan or idea
if I were in YOUR/HIS/etc shoes	if I were you/him/etc
to pull your socks up	to work harder and start trying to improve your work/behaviour/performance
SB wears the trousers (in that house)	to be the dominant partner of the two people involved (inf.)
to be black and blue all over	to be bruised everywhere
to give sb a black look	to look angrily at sb
in black and white	written or printed
the black market	the illegal buying or selling of goods or the illegal changing of money
once in A blue moon	not very often
out of THE blue	suddenly and unexpectedely
you can ... untill you are blue in the face, but ...	you can ... as much as you like but I won't change my mind
THE green belt	an area of countryside that surrounds a city
to give sb THE green light	to give sb permission to do sth
to have green fingers	to be very good at growing and looking after plants
red tape	complicated official rules and regulations/bureaucracy
to be in the red	to have spent more money than is in your account - so that you owe the bank money
to catch sb red-handed	to catch or discover sb while they are in the middle of doing sth
A white-collar job	an office job
to go as white as A sheet	to lose all the colour in your face because you are very shocked or sick
the Yellow Pages	the telephone directory that contains the telephone numbers of local business and services
A double yellow line	two yellow lines along the side of a road which mean no parking
to be yellow	to be a coward
not to be a patch on	To be much inferior to
To be at odds with	To be different; not to agree with one another about sth or not to share the same opinions
To be by far (and away) + superlative	By far (and away) is used to emphasize superlatives
To be every bit/just as + adjective + as	To be equally + adjective (used when sb has made a comparison you don't agree with
To be identical to	To be exactly the same as
To be in a league of one's own	To be much better than the other people who share the same activity
To be much the same as	There is not much difference between
Not to be nearly as + adjective + as	To be much inferior to
To be nothing like as + adjective + as	To be much inferior to
To be nowhere near as + adjective + as	To be much inferior to
To be one a different wavelenght	To have very different ideas and attitudes
To be streets ahead of/to be head and shoulders above	To be much better than
To be (totally, quite) unlike	To be different from
To bear a (striking) resemblance to	To be very similar in appearance or character
To have nothing in common (with sb)	Not to share the same ideas, background, qualities etc
To pale in comparison (to sth)	To seem small or unimportant when compared to sth else (used for problems)
To tell apart	To recognise differences between
There is a world of difference between	There is a very big difference between
To think/say/do otherwise	To say/think/do sth different from what has already been mentioned
To vary (in)	To be different from each other