Help with some Idioms? I was going over an old book of mine when I came across the following expressions: - To feather one`s nest - To pay through the nose - To make a mountain out of a molehill - To strike while the iron is hot - To drink like a fish - To be a wet blanket - To ride the big horse - To paddle one`s own cause - To blow one`s own trumpt - To bury the hatcher - To let the cat out of the bag - To draw the long bow - To swell a rat - To hit below the belt - To mind one`s p`s and q`s Despite the book being old and the language has been transformed over the years, some idioms are still in use nowadays. Could it be applied with the senteces above mentioned? Thanks !Ps: - To blow one`s own TRUMPETI don`t get it... I wrote according to what is written in my book.

Are these expressions still in use? - P1 !!!!No need to explain me the meaning! Just if it's still in use or not! Many thanks =)!!!! Aboveboard Acid Test An Albatross ( around someone´s neck) Also-ran Apple-polisher Back to square one To go bananas To bark up the wrong tree Bedlam To bet one's bottom dollar Bigwig The bottom line Catch 22 Chessed off When the chips are down A cinch On cloud nine Condom A dark house A different kettle of fish Donkey's years Duff To earmark An ear to the ground To eavesdrop To egg on At the end of one's rope/tether To give one's eyeteeth for To face the music To fizzle out A flash in the pan To fly off the handle To fork out/over/up To get someone's goat GibberishTHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE COMMENTS!!!!