Go the extra mile 2. Hit the sack 3. Butterflies in your stomach 4. Ring a bell 5. Cold feet 6. See eye to eye 7. Pull someone's leg 8. Steal someone's thunder 9. Miss the boat 10. From rags to riches 11. Take with a grain of salt 12. Walk in someone’s shoes 13. Ballpark figure 14. Cut the mustard 15. On the ball 16. Jump on the bandwagon 17. Bend over backwards 18. Cast iron stomach 19. Burn the candle at both ends 20. Fit as a fiddle 21. Add insult to injury 22. Cry wolf 23. Face the music 24. Skeleton in the closet 25. Make a long story short 26. Practice what you preach 27. Actions speak louder than words 28...

When Henry V set out from Harfleur the bulk of the French army was still encamped on the banks of the Seine at Vernon. The Dauphin had been there for nearly a month. Contemporaries were puzzled and frustrated by his immobility, especially once the extent of the English losses became known.— The truth was that he did not dare to move west against the English forces at Harfleur because it would have left Paris uncovered at a time when the Duke of Burgundy’s intentions were unclear. John the Fearless had intended from the outset to extract the maximum of political advantage from the crisis. At the end of June 1415 he had sent his ambassadors before the Dauphin with a list of his demands...