Don't try to blow smoke , I know the facts very well.

Paint something with a broad brush

Of the first water

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To cut a long story short 

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

In one's element

The difficulty is trying to spot something big before it becomes a problem but not crying bee too often.

To draw the line

Can't cut the mustard

Which word or words explain the meaning of the following idioms;

out of the woods