Only strict laws make the evil of dowry die out.

He was <u><em>carried off his feet</em></u> when he was declared to have won the prize.

To throw down the glove

Do not <u><em>ride rough shod over</em></u> the poor.

Let us admit that we could not <u><em>heap coals of fire on his head</em></u>.

Will o' the wisp

<u><em>Over and above</em></u> the household work, she works in a factory on a part-time basis.

When he met me at the street corner, he <u><em>cut me dead</em></u>.

He is a strange fellow. It is very difficult to deal with him; it seems that he has <u><em>a bee in his bonn…