561. Throw dust into my eyes : to mislead or confuse me
562. To make do : manage
563. Took to her heels : ran off
564. Follow his nose : to go straight ahead
565. Hold your horses : be patient
566. Changed colours : turned pale
567. In the swim : well-informed and up to date
568. Out of my wits : greatly confused
569. A closed book : a mystery
570. Feather in my cap : an achievement
571. A cut above : superior to
572. Salad days : adolescence
573. She flies off at a tangent : starts discussing something irrelevant
574. Cool about working : ready to work
575. To the letter : in every detail
576. Maiden speech : first speech
577. Time and again : often
578. Putting the cart before the horse : doing a thing in the wrong way
579. A cakewalk : an easy achievement
580. Hard and fast : that cannot be altered
581. Cordoned off : isolated
582. Took after : similar to
583. In the air : under consideration
584. Picking holes : finding fault with
585. Fish in troubled waters : make a profit out of a disturbance
586. Salt of the earth : good, honest and ideal
587. Put my foot down : take a firm stand
588. Null and void : not binding
589. Give in : yield
590. A wild goose chase : unprofitable adventure
591. A man of straw : a man of no substance
592. Back to square one : to return to the starting point
593. Stood his ground : refused to yield
594. Nine days’ wonder : a dazzling short-lived spectacle of no real value
595. A cut above : rather superior to
596. Latched on to : promoted
597. Brought the house down : made the audience applaud enthusiastically
598. To toe the line : to follow the lead
599. A close-fisted person : a miser
600. Other fish to fry : some important work to attend to
