Pull up your socks

Prodigal son

Pep talk

Par for the course

Paper over the cracks

Pull up your socks

Prodigal son

Pep talk

Par for the course

Paper over the cracks

Old friends and old wine are best

No time like the present

Meet your match

Make a better fist

Little pitchers have big ears

Have your lunch handed to you

Hands down

Good spell

Good fences make good neighbours

Eat your heart out

Early bird catches the worm

Discretion is the better part of valour

Cut above

Cock of the walk

Broke as a joke and it ain’t funny

Blow smoke

Bite your tongue

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Better the devil you know

Better than a stick in the eye

Better than a kick in the teeth

Better safe than sorry

Better late than never

Better half

Armchair critic