climax; next-to-last item on a program (theater)

eyesore

wake a mess of(utter chaos; be in a complete mess)

impose uniformity on all enterprises(across the board approach)

pedant old fogey

let something be gone with the wind

remove or destroy lock,stock and barrel

pot of porridge

deal with two different problems in the same way

one continuous line(big-scale chain-like co-ordination)

a game of chess(a board of chess)

yesman

completely

run away swiftly

person of unyielding integrity

a good hand or the first in command

grevance one is forced to keep himself

ready source of income(goose that lays the golden eggs; tree that sheds coins when shaken)

in the twinkling of an eye

like a swarm of bees