When I was wet behind the ears, I used to wear my heart on my sleeve by telling people I don’t like them.
I’m not good at public speaking because I will be lost for words. I feel a little Ill at ease on the stage.
I can’t help you because I’m snowed under with work at the moment. Tom either. He has got his hands full. 
I have been working for 10 hours. I was on my last legs before getting the coffee.
I lost my head when I just noticed that all the coupons were expired.

Margaret Thatcher was hard as nails when she served as a Prime Minister in the 1980s.
The police were slow off the mark to stop the fighting.
Everyone is dressed up to the nines to attend the conference.