gaffer
Big Brother, Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, auditor, boatswain, boss, centenarian, chief, comptroller, controller, dotard, duffer, elder, floor manager,
bringing to light - detection, determination, disclosure, excavation, exposure, find, finding, invention, locating, location, recognition, revelation, serendipity, strike, treasure trove,
chew the rag - bandy words, chew the fat, chin, commune with, communicate, communicate with, converse, discourse, speak ,
blindness - albinism, deafness, dim-sightedness, dogmatism, incomprehension, insensibility, mindlessness, near-sightedness, non-recognition, partial blindness, positiveness, reduced sight, short-sightedness, unawareness, unconsciousness,
put over - accomplish, achieve, bring about, bring off, bring through, bring to effect, bring to pass, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, clarify, clear, clear the hurdle, come along,
sulphuric - mineral, petrified, sulphurous ,
had it - dead, defunct, done for, down the drain, expired, extinct, gone, kaput, no more, vanished ,
set afloat - author, bear, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to pass, bundle, bundle off, cause, conceive, create, do, effect, effectuate, engender,
diuretic - cathartic, cleaner, cleaning, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent, cleanser, cleansing, cleansing cream, cold cream, cream, dentifrice, detergent, emetic, enema, holystone,
shakes - ague, all-overs, blue devils, bumpiness, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, cold sweat, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, fidgets, fits and starts, flutter, heaving,
bag - abstract, acquire, activities, activity, affair, affairs, affinity, and, annex, appropriate, area, baboon, balloon, balls, bang,
chew the rag - bandy words, chew the fat, chin, commune with, communicate, communicate with, converse, discourse, speak ,
blindness - albinism, deafness, dim-sightedness, dogmatism, incomprehension, insensibility, mindlessness, near-sightedness, non-recognition, partial blindness, positiveness, reduced sight, short-sightedness, unawareness, unconsciousness,
put over - accomplish, achieve, bring about, bring off, bring through, bring to effect, bring to pass, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, clarify, clear, clear the hurdle, come along,
sulphuric - mineral, petrified, sulphurous ,
had it - dead, defunct, done for, down the drain, expired, extinct, gone, kaput, no more, vanished ,
set afloat - author, bear, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to pass, bundle, bundle off, cause, conceive, create, do, effect, effectuate, engender,
diuretic - cathartic, cleaner, cleaning, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent, cleanser, cleansing, cleansing cream, cold cream, cream, dentifrice, detergent, emetic, enema, holystone,
shakes - ague, all-overs, blue devils, bumpiness, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, cold sweat, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, fidgets, fits and starts, flutter, heaving,
bag - abstract, acquire, activities, activity, affair, affairs, affinity, and, annex, appropriate, area, baboon, balloon, balls, bang,