TOOLS and MATERIALS expressions

  To mop the floor with someone.  

burning the midnight oil

like talking to a brick wall
another brick in the wall

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
(when you're a hammer, everyrhing looks likke a nail)

rake someone over the coals

sledgehammer vs scalpel

pore over something with a  fine-toothed comb

lick the tires

hold a candle to someone
clean someone's clock
let someone off the hook

pull back the curtain on something

to have someone on speed dial 

the whole ball of wax (everything)

se me fue la olla

in the pipeline

turn the screws on someone

so quiet you could hear a pin drop

steel oneself

drop the hammer on someone?  

coming out of the woodwork

an axe to grind

being spoonfed

UTENSILS

to spoon

spoon-fed

born with a  silver spoon in one´s mouth

a spoonful of ____ makes the medicine go down.  

a fork in the road

a jackknife

so thick you could cut it with a knife 

an axe to grind

twist the knife

un clavo saca otro clavo

have someone on the ropes 

bottlenecks

clean someone’s clock