make a job of

flea in (one's) ear build a fire under flake out fill out without fail at fault fill in quite a few fall back on take up the gauntlet fly off the handle in one's favor fish out of water so far so good see eye to eye play second fiddle give away to the full face up to in evidence give someone the finger play someone false get even in the face of follow in someone's footsteps throw down the gauntlet every once in a while freshen up run foul of nobody's fool