take the bread out of someone's mouth

a little bit of bread and no cheese

Used to represent the song of the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).

all mouth and no trousers

Alternative form of all mouth and trousers.

all mouth and trousers

Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.

all one's taste is in one's mouth

One lacks good taste in aesthetic or cultural matters.

another nail in someone's coffin

An event that increases the likelihood of or causes further failure.

answer someone's prayers

To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

answer to someone's prayers

Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

apple of someone's eye

The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.