“Be out of the woods”

“Pull the plug”

To stop or cancel something.

“Get your ducks in a row”

To organize everything properly before doing something.

“A wild goose chase”

A useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.

“The elephant in the room”

An obvious problem that people avoid talking about.

“Take a rain check”

To postpone an invitation or plan for another time.

“Get your act together”

To start behaving or working in a more organized and effective way.

“Call the shots”

To be in control and make the important decisions.

“On cloud nine”

Extremely happy.