wake up and smell the coffee

coffee money

A small amount of money given as a bribe or gratuity.

coffee talk

Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee.

cream in one's coffee

Something that one relishes.

fit to wake the dead

At a very high volume; extremely loudly.

power coffee

A working session or seminar at which important discussions may be held, and important decisions made, over servings of coffee or at a coffeehouse.

smell a rat

To sense something suspicious.

smell blood

To sense that one has an advantage over an adversary or rival.

smell fishy

To seem suspicious.