To play on a fiddle

To stand to one's guns

Caesar was <u><em>done to death</em></u> by the conspirators.

The boy had a <u><em>hair-breadth escape</em></u> from a street accident.

While the ladies continued their <u><em>small talk</em></u> in the drawing room, I felt bored.

He is a <u><em>person after my own heart</em></u>.

He <u><em>burnt his fingers</em></u> by interfering in his neighbour's affairs.

One should not indulge in <u><em>tall talks</em></u>.

The detective <u><em>left no stone unturned</em></u> to trace the culprit.