etc

See:

a whale of a [bill etc.] a whale of a [job etc.] any [judge etc.] worth salt be [glad etc.] to see the back of be a [athlete etc.] in the making be a [crisis etc.] in the making be a [Londoner etc.] through and through be a recipe for [disaster etc.] be an [artist.] to fingertips be as [crazy etc.] as they come be as [fast etc.] as all get out be far and away the [best etc.] be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be nothing short of [astonishing etc.] be on the [expensive etc.] side be open to [abuse etc.] be out of mind with [boredom etc.]

be the picture of [health etc.] be the wrong side of 30 etc be wearing [teacher's etc.] hat beat the pants off beat the socks off blow off the map bring to the [bargaining etc.] table cut an [interesting etc.] figure dance up a storm days on end fight like hell get [a lot of etc.] stick hardly earth-shattering have [a few lot etc.] irons in the fire have [done etc.] more than has had hot dinners have a [fine etc.] pair of lungs have a senior etc. moment

he doesn't have a [jealous, mean, unkind etc.] bone in his body head and shoulders above [the others rest etc.] How strange, etc. is that? I've never [felt etc.] in all my days! If it looks like a duck and walks etc. like a duck, it is a duck make a [day etc.] of it more bang for buck paint a [bleak etc.] picture of run around like a blue-arsed fly That was a [game etc.] and a half! the [child, etc.] from hell the [first etc.] rung on the ladder there's [much lot etc.] to be said for What price [fame etc.]? What the blazes with a capital [A etc.]