go climb a tree

all dressed up and nowhere to go

Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

all systems go

Everything is ready.

as you go

While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

bark up the wrong tree

To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.

boldly go where no man has gone before

To break new ground.

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.

climb down

An abandonment, withdrawal from, or softening of a previously expressed opinion, policy, argument, etc.

climb the walls

To behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation.