A movement for the world unity is in the offing.

I requested him to <u><em>put in a word for me</em></u>.

His <u><em>oily tongue</em></u> has won him promotion.

He knew she was dead but was completely <u><em>at sea</em></u> about the cause of her death.

To play on a fiddle

The sight of the accident <u><em>made my flesh creep</em></u>.

He has accomplished a <u><em>Herculean task</em></u>.

The members of the group were <u><em>at odds</em></u> over the selection procedure.

It has been raining <u><em>cats and dogs</em></u>.