to be aroundto be as cool as iceto be as fit as a fiddleto be as greedy as a pigto be as keen as mustardto be as meek as mosesto be as merry as a cricketto be as merry as a grigto be as merry as the day is longto be as neat as a bandboxto be as neat as a new pinto be as nice as pieto be as patient as griseldato be as rare as hen's teethto be as rare or scarce as hen's teethto be as rough as bagsto be as skinny as a toothpickto be as skinny as beanpoleto be as slow as a snailto be as sound as a barrelto be as sour as vinegarto be as sure as the wind blowsto be as thin as a railto be as thin as a raketo be as thin as a stickto be assigned toto be at each other's throatsto be at one's back and callto be at rock bottomto be at the core of somethingto be at your wit's endto be availableto be back in the saddleto be back on one’s feetto be barely clod in the graveto be behind someoneto be better offto be between divil and the deep blue seato be between jobsto be beyondto be blame forto be blank facedto be blessedto be blind toto be bluntto be bossed aroundto be boundto be bound to do somethingto be bulliedto be careful