be as honest as the day (is long)

to be completely honest.

You can be as honest as the day is long and still get into trouble if you fill in your tax form incorrectly.

• be footloose and fancy-free
• before can say Jack Robinson
• before could blink
• before know it
• before knows what hit
• before knows what hit them
• before last
• before long
• before someone could blink
• before someone knows what hit
• before someone knows what hit them
• before time
• before you can say
• before you can say Jack Robinson
• before you can say something
• before you know it
• before your time
• be for the asking
• be for the best
• be for the birds
• be for the chop
• be for the faint-hearted
• be for the high jump
• be for the taking
• be fresh from