as the saying goes

The gift is too good to be true.

the daily grind

to be on the hob

The critics picked her first novel to pieces

in the run-up to the elections

The rising tide is flowing in

in the bag

The vehicle was found abandoned outside town

by the scruff of the neck

on the dot

the pond

to be on the horizon

The night is grey.

The key does not work.

The ocean is huge.

at the side

the maximum possible guidance

The stove has no draught.

The journey from London to Brighton will take about one hour

The author’s name was printed below the title

on the move

The fat is in the fire

As the amount is negligible, it will not be paid out

to be in the fledgling stages