With great power comes great responsibility.

High expectations are the key to everything.

Sam Walton

There is possibility in impossibility.

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

get around

I haven't gotten around to doing my homework yet - I've been really busy.

cut corners

I have to cut a few corners to finish the project on time.

business

He's very focused. You can see he means business.

child's play

My new job is hard work, but it's child's play compared to my previous one.

close call

That was a close call - you were lucky he didn't see you.

safe bet

It's a safe bet that the book will be a best-seller.

I want to have time to read some novels.

in the cards

I'm afraid that shutting the shop is definitely in the cards.

put the cat among the pigeons

That really put the cat among the pigeons. Now we'll never make a decision.

up in the sky

We can't book a hotel, so the holiday is up in the air at the moment.

Maybe there's nothing up in the sky but air.

a rock and a hard place

I don't want to upset either of them, but I'm caught between a rock and a hard place here.

It's Catch 22

stumbling

The latest stumbling block is the issue of refugees.

rain

It never rains but it pours.
Wash away my sorrow.