Mixed idioms

He led her up the garden ......

The liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile, which helps ..... waste products from the liver.

My husband's friend is such a(n) ..... brain. He isn't very smart at all.

I'm afraid he shot himself in the foot when he took that action.

In the obituary about the millionaire all his enterprises were listed and it looked as if he had had a finger in every pie.

Although he had never met her, he was determined to read her the riot act.

Although he only asked me to lend him EUR 5, I could see this was the thin end of the wedge.

There were so many members of the political party who had gone against the leader that he resigned.

It's difficult to describe him because he doesn't really say or do much he's what you might call a cold fish.

As soon as they heard the news, they didn't hesitate and drove hotfoot to the hospital.