I need to make a list of idioms used in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

An idiom is a figurative expression, word, or phrase that
is common enough or used often enough in a language that the literal meaning is no
longer considered.

A Christmas Carol
makes use of several idioms that were perhaps made more popular because of the fame of
this short novel.

Here are a few of the more well known
idioms used in the story to help you get your list
started:

• Dead as a doornail = irreverent way of
  saying dead a long time, or very dead.


• Tight-fisted =
  cheap; won't open his hand to give money or anything
  else.


• Solitary as an oyster = alone but not lonely,
  oysters have no sense of community.


• Humbug = a phrase
  made popular by Scrooge's use of it; original meaning is "hoax" or "jest."  Scrooge uses
  "Bah Humbug" to declare Christmas a fraud or a hoax (an excuse to give to the poor, stay
  home from work, and be kind for no
  reason).