To ask for the moon: to make unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to achieve or to obtain.
Hold the fort: you take care of a place when the person normally in charge is away. Under the table: is a phase used to describe secretive behaviour often suggesting corruption or illegality.
Chickened out of something: they have failed to do something or they haven´t tried to do it because they were afraid.
Wise old owl: you mean that someone is very experienced in life.
A night owl: is someone who stays up late into the night.
Someone is in safe hands: they are being cared for someone who is confident and skilled. A safe pair of hands: is a similar expression it refers to someone who can be to do a good job avoiding mistakes.
Hold your tongue: means they want you to stop talking because they don't like what you are saying.
A situation that is black and white: means that you have a clear opinion about it and you can easily see what you think is right and wrong.
Money doesn't grow on trees: means you must not spent to much money as there is a limited amount of it.
Money is not object: means that you have a lot of money available to spend.
Let the chips fall: where they may means to allow things to happen no matter what the consequences are.
It's as cheap as chips: you mean that something is very cheap.
Chasing your tail: you're very busy doing a lot of things but not achieving very much.
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