so good that whatever happens next is not likely to seem as good.

The last mayor was one of the most beloved in the city's history, which means Mike Ransom has a tough act to follow.

• be meat and drink to someone
• be miles away
• be minting it
• be money for old rope
• be more fun than a barrel of monkeys
• be much cop
• be much of a muchness
• be much to look at
• be music to ears
• be music to someone's ears
• Be my guest.
• be my guest
• bend ear
• bend over backwards
• bend over backwards to do something
• bend someone's ear
• bend the rules
• be near the knuckle
• be neither fish nor fowl
• be neither one thing nor the other
• be new to the game
• be nip and tuck
• be no ball of fire
• be no bed of roses
• be nobody's fool