bark up the wrong tree

all bark and no bite

Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.

buy a dog and bark oneself

To do something that one has hired someone else to do.

Christmas tree bill

A bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.

dead tree edition

The physical, printed version of a publication.

do somebody wrong

To treat someone badly or unfairly.

dogs bark, cats meow

Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

fall into the wrong hands

To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.

fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch

To become extremely unattractive.