remain on high alert 

keep someone at an arm's length 

call a spade a spade 

find yourself in troubled waters 

A deception 

An inspiration 

An operation 

A consideration 

Entertaining a grudge over a past event 

Moving daintily across rooms 

Having a plate inserted to fix the collar bone 

Carrying multiple stars over the lapel 

Get hit by a burning cracker 

Crashland an aeroplane 

Fail completely 

Get completely burnt 

unable to function as before 

beyond one’s capability to understand something 

being at a disadvantage 

something totally unexpected