Even though the deal was in the bag, it cost an arm and a leg to put everything together. The interlocuters at one point got cold feet, especially about the new regulations which created mixed feeling  however  after reading between the lines everything became clear. The term "in the bag" means?

he put the details of the deal in the bag

Even though the deal was in the bag, it cost an arm and a leg to put everything together. The interlocuters at one point got cold feet, especially about the new regulations which created mixed feeling  however  after reading between the lines everything became clear. The term "an arm and a leg " means?

they had to give an arm and leg as payment 

Even though the deal was in the bag, it cost an arm and a leg to put everything together. The interlocuters at one point got cold feet, especially about the new regulations which created mixed feeling  however  after reading between the lines everything became clear. The term "interlocutors" means?

participants in a discussion or conversation

people whom listening in on a conversation they are not a part of 

Even though the deal was in the bag, it cost an arm and a leg to put everything together. The interlocuters at one point got cold feet, especially about the new regulations however  after reading between the lines everything became clear. The term "cold feet" means?

means their feet were literarily very cold

Even though the deal was in the bag, it cost an arm and a leg to put everything together. The interlocuters at one point got cold feet, especially about the new regulations which created mixed feeling  however  after reading between the lines everything became clear. The term "mixed feelings" means?

they were very intentional about the deal 

Even though the deal was in the bag, it cost an arm and a leg to put everything together. The interlocuters at one point got cold feet, especially about the new regulations which created mixed feeling  however  after reading between the lines  everything became clear. The term "reading between the lines" means?

literarily to  read the regulation line by line