Common Phrases

These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please.

2.) Cut the mustard

4. hand it over

1. flashback

9. Big fish in a little pond.

5. open and shut case

8. back to back??

3: I'm often "wet behind the ears" !

7. hung drawn and quartered

Great solves! I have a different one for #8, and I didn't have the word "hung" for #7.

8. double back

6. center cut?

Michele, good one!

Bob, I like your answer so it can be an alternate. Now find mine.

6. above average

Nice try, but nope.

6. mean percentage

A good alternate, but not my answer.

6. percentage odds

6. Percentage point

6. second rate?

6. holding at 5%

Sherlock's got mine.