Breathing room refers to relief from a source of pressure or stress.

If you "put all your eggs in one basket" you put all of your resources in one place.

In conversation, when you boil something down, you get to the most important part of a problem or situation.

If someone "crawls out of the woodwork," they appear suddenly.

When people get their "wires crossed," they have a different understanding of the same situation.

The expression "canary in a coal mine" is used as a warning.

If you are boxed in a corner, you are in a situation where there are very few, or no, good solutions.

The phrase "It takes two to tango" refers to situations that two people or groups have created and should take responsibility for.

The phrase "luck of the draw" means that sometimes people have limited control over what life brings them.

To "shell out" means to spend money.

Being "right as rain" means to be perfectly fine or in good health.

A "night owl" is someone who stays up late.

A "domino effect" is when one event causes a series of other things to happen.

To "buckle down" means to get serious about a task or problem.

You say that people are "cut from the same cloth" if they are alike in many ways.