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• (it's) nothing personal
• a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
• a dose of (one's) own medicine
• A leopard can't change its spots
• a leopard doesn't change its spots
• a life of its own
• a mind of its own
• ahead of (one's/its) time
• allow nature to take its course
• An army marches on its stomach
• at (something's) lowest ebb
• at best
• at its best
• bare (one's) breast
• bare (one's) teeth
• bash (someone's) brains in
• bat (one's) eyelashes
• bat (one's) eyes
• be fighting for (one's/its) life
• be on (its/one's) last legs
• be on its last legs
• be worth its weight in gold
• beat (someone's) brains in
• behind its time
• bring to feet
• by the scruff of (one's)/its/the neck
• chain is no stronger than its weakest link
• come into own
• conspicuous by its absence
• days are numbered, one's
• dead on feet
• do (one's) business
• do (one's) duty
• don't judge a book by its cover
• Every dog has its day
• Every dog will have its day
• Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest
• Every tub must stand on its own bottom
• fall flat on face
• find its way somewhere
• grab the bull by its horns
• had its day, has
• have a mind of its own
• have a/the wolf by the ear(s)
• have had its chips
• have had its day
• have had its/ day
• have had its/(one's) day
• have its/(one's) day
• have moments
• have one's moments
• have the world by the tail
• in (someone's or something's) place
• in a class of (one's)/its own
• in a league of (one's)/its own
• in its entirety
• in its infancy
• It is a wise child that knows its own father
• It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
• judge a book by its cover, one can't
• judge on its own merits
• keep on its feet
• leave its mark on
• leopard cannot change its spots, a
• let nature take its course
• like a chicken with its head cut off
• like a headless chicken
• mind of (one's) own
• more/bigger/greater than the sum of its parts
• not judge a book by its cover
• on (one's/its) knees
• on its feet
• on its last legs
• on its merits
• on one’s last legs
• overstep (one's)/its mark
• pay its way
• place for everything, and everything in its place
• prick up its ears
• put (something) through its paces
• put one through paces
• put some creature out of its misery
• raise its head
• rattle saber
• rear its head
• rear its ugly head
• rock to its foundations
• ruffle its feathers
• run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles
• run its course
• shadow of (one's) former self
• sit on its hands
• six in one, (and) half a dozen in the other
• stand on (one's/its) own
• stand on its head
• take a toll
• take its course
• take its toll
• take the bull by its horns
• tell its own story
• tell its own tale
• the sow that eats its farrow
• tree is known by its fruit
• turn on its ear
• turn on its head
• Virtue is its own reward
• wing way
• with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek
• work magic
• worth its weight in gold
• worth one's weight in gold
• You can't judge a book by its cover
• you can't tell a book by its cover