She rejected his proposal of marriage point blank.

This matter has been <u><em>hanging fire</em></u> for the last many months and must therefore be…

I felt that it was a <u><em>tall order</em></u> to expect Monisha to go home alone at twelve in …

Sachin <u><em>has bitten of more than</em></u> he can chew.

To play the gallery

To draw the long bow

In double-quick time

I cannot <u><em>conceive of</em></u> a time when I was without a refrigerator

I did not know that he was <u><em>pulling my leg</em></u> all the time.