Wake Up and Smell the Music

"Don't you see what's happening here?...wake up and smell the music"

Origin: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee + Face the Music

Sharpest Cookie in the draw

“His performance was so-so. Let’s face it, he’s not the sharpest cookie in the draw”

Origin: sharp cookie + sharpest knife in the drawer

Moving Beast

They change their minds from one minute to the next, the whole thing is a moving beast.

Origin: moving feast + nature of the beast

As sharp as a button

“A very impressive candidate – as sharp as a button”

Origin: sharp as a knife + bright as a button

Making a meal out of a mountain

“What a drama queen, always making a meal out of a mountain”

Origin: make a mountain out of a molehill + make a meal of it