Once in a while he might gamble a little.

There has been <u><em>bad blood</em></u> between the two communities even before shouting.

A sop to cerberus

He was a king who ruled his subjects <u><em>with a high hand</em></u>.

He is <u><em>on the wrong side of fifty</em></u>.

Most of the present day politicians have <u><em>an axe to grind</em></u>.

To be at daggers drawn

It will be wise on your part <u><em>to let the bygones be bygones</em></u>.

My father <u><em>strained every nerve</em></u> to enable me to get settled in life.