have someone by the short and curlies

a day late and a dollar short

Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

a short drop and a sudden stop

A fall to one's death by hanging.

as if someone owns the place

Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

beat someone round the ears

To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

bless someone with

To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

bring someone to their knees

To defeat and make submit to orders.

call someone every name in the book

To call someone many abusive names.

call someone everything but a child of God

To call someone many abusive names.