At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.