daily vocabmail - kleine Spielauswahl

• to be a cut above (the rest)
• in the nick of time
• to hit the nail on the head
• to put a damper on
• to take the gilt off the gingerbread
• by hook or by crook
• to burn one's boats
• to put a spoke in somebody's wheel
• to eat humble pie
• to save (something) for a rainy day