2.1 refranes (1-10)

the early bird gets the worm

there's something fishy here

to cost an arm and a leg (to be very expensive)

to kill two birds with one stone (to solve two problems at one time with a single action)

to rain cats and dogs (to be raining in great amounts)

in a frankness; frankly

to talk one's ear off; to be a chatterbox

to look at everything through rose-colored glasses (with an attitude that things are better than they really are)

to burn the midnight oil (procrastinate)

by the way; incidentally