Get down to brass tacks

You cannot <u><em>have your cake and eat it too</em></u>.

To rip up old sores

The arrival of the mother-in-law in the family proved a <u><em>rift in the lute</em></u>.

A storm in a teacup

After a lot of arguments over losses in the partnership firm, Aditya <u><em>put his cards on the table</e…

It is no longer easy to <u><em>strike gold</em></u> in Shakespeare's research since much work ha…

If we give them this concession, it will be <u><em>the thin end of the wedge</em></u>.

Hard-pressed