Sitcoms

"I'm drawn to clichés like a moth to a long lane"

"I don't want to pour cold water on a wet blanket"

"That's the fly in the woodpile"

"We'll cross those legs when we come to them"

"Correct me if I've got the wrong end of the gist"

"You can't tell a book by its silver lining"

"That's the pot calling the kettle a horse of a different colour"

"The night is always darker before the mast"

"If at first you don't succeed, you'll catch the early worm"

"We've put the cart before the egg"

"I believe in striking while the bird in the hand is hot"

"The theft of invention is the mother and father of a lie"

"...a square peg in a round poke"

"If at first you don't succeed, then the mountain must go to Mahomed"

"Time is the procrastination of thieves"

"I want the whole thing caught in the bud"

"Have I put the cat in the china shop?"

"The pigeons are well and truly out of the bag"

"A leopard never changes his spots twice in the same place"

"You've opened a whole new can of pots, calling the kettle by another name"

"The early bird catches a cold"

"I didn't get where I am today without knowing a favourable report when I read one."

"I didn't get where I am today without knowing a real winner when I see one."

"I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone and West Germany."

"I didn't get where I am today by waffling."

"I didn't get where I am today without learning how to compromise."

"I didn't get where I am today by biting people in the changing room."

"I didn't get where I am today without knowing the Algarve when I see it."

"I didn't get where I am today by wearing underpants decorated with Beethoven."

"I didn't get where I am today by saying 'earwig' instead of 'thank you'."

"I didn't get where I am today without having a little champagne, not too much, just enough."

"I didn't get where I am today by talking about Dutch parking meter disease!"

"I didn't get where I am today by shaking hands with the person on my right!"

"I didn't get where I am today without getting letters from cranks."

"I didn't get where I am today without making enemies."

"I didn't get where I am today wondering what life's all about."

"I didn't get where I am today by thinking."

"I didn't get where I am today by going on and on about gumboots."

"I didn't get where I am today by knowing the difference between one foreign country and another."

"I didn't get where I am today without knowing there's no fun in getting where I am today."

"I didn't get where I am today without naming it the 'Reginald Perrin Memorial Foundation'."

"I didn't get where I am today trusting the easy chairs."

"I didn't get where I am today by having lipstick on my face."

"I didn't get where I am today by posing as my long lost friend from the Argentine."

"I could practically destroy this firm if I started caring about people. I didn't get where I am today by caring about people."

"I didn't get where I am today by making room for broken reeds, lame ducks or stool pigeons."

"I didn't get where I am today indulging in hanky panky."

"I didn't get where I am today without recognising a front when I see one."

"I didn't get where I am today without recognising another front when I see one."

"I didn't get where I am today by having two black eyes."