1900s

The full monty means the complete amount, the whole thing, everything that is wanted or expected, with nothing left out.

“Cat got your tongue?” is a teasing question asked of someone who is unexpectedly silent, especially a child with nothing to say.

To bring home the bacon is to earn a living or achieve a decisive success, supplying what is needed through one’s efforts.

To ride shotgun is to occupy the front passenger seat beside the driver; more broadly, to accompany someone as a protective or supporting second.

To spill the beans is to disclose secret or private information, often prematurely or accidentally, giving away what was meant to stay hidden.

To do or include the whole nine yards means everything possible, the full extent, with nothing held back or left out.

Elegant, luxurious, or characteristically upper-class in a stylish and sometimes ostentatious way; smart, fashionable and expensive-seeming.

A warm parting wish that someone sleep soundly and securely through the night, typically said at bedtime.

To get to the point at once, leaving out unnecessary preamble and coming directly to the most important or interesting part.

To return to the very beginning of a task or process after an effort has failed, so that all previous progress is lost.