To pay off old scores

My plan to have a new car <u><em>fell through</em></u> because of the price rise.

A chip off the old block

The accounts of the murder <u><em>made her flesh creep</em></u>.

To disabuse one's mind

The <u><em>die is cast</em></u> and now let us hope for the best.

Castles in the air

To speak daggers

When he tells stories about himself, he is inclined to <u><em>draw the longbow</em></u>.