Oh boy! More fun! ! ! Thanks, Jasdip!

Kick the bucket

Time flies

Spilled the beans

Okay, I'll stop here for now. . . . . .

Rusty

All of his eggs in one basket

Collaborative effort?

Cat’s got his tongue

[ETA ha just realized I picked the one given to us in OP. Oops!]

Ear worm

Red herring

Wearing his heart on his sleeve.

Keeping his cards close to his chest.

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth

Wear your heart on your sleeve.

Ace up his sleeve

Ear worm

have a cat by the tail

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth

Flipped his lid

loose screw

Spilling the beans...Cat got his tongue, time flies ,kicking the bucket, don't put all your eggs in one basket.

I haven't read the others....some of them are hard to see...but I've seen:

Silver spoon in his mouth...

Wearing his heart on his sleeve...

Ace up his sleeve...

Time flies...

A red herring...

Ear worm....

Kick the bucket...

Spilled the beans...

Piece of cake...

Rags to riches?

Got a cat by the tail...

That's it in a nut shell.

Time passes by, or time got away from him.

Holier than Swiss cheese, or holy as Swiss cheese.

He's got a loose screw.

Rusty

Cherry on the cake

Big cheese

In a nutshell

Time has wings?

How about rags to riches. Me trying to make something of the ragged pants and dress coat.

Shoe is on the other foot

The only thing I can come up with for the bird is Bird Brain and that doesnt really work. Or Birds eye view? What is with the knotted cord out of the armpit?

As the crow flies (maybe)

jerk a knot in his tail

nutty as a fruitcake

afraid of his own shadow (I can’t tell what is on the ground next to the shadow)

I think that means he's all tied up in Knots doesn't it?

A fish out of water

Good one yeonassky.

That thing next to the shadow is a broken egg.

Walking on eggshells?

Anyone figure out that shadow?

Cast a shadow

Walking in someone elses shadow

A shadow of your former self

Me and my shadow

Afraid of your own shadow

Jmm, afraid of his own shadow in my comments above, and Roxsol has several possibilities.

OutsidePlaying, none of them really seem to fit, though ☹️

A shadow of his former self? eta: I didn't see that roxsol had guess that already. What about the blue toes/foot?

Pants leg represents the ragged edge?

Bird brain?

On a silver platter

best foot forward

In case you want the answers now, here you go....

1. Time flies
2. An ace up your sleeve
3. Spill the beans
4. Cat got your tongue
5. Got the cat by the tail
6. Kick the bucket
7. Born with a silver spoon in the mouth
8. Don’t carry all your eggs in one basket
9. Wear your heart on your sleeve
10. Keep your cards close to your chest
11. Nail on the head
12. Loose screw
13. Cold feet
14. Something fishy
15. Fish out of water
16. Tie the knot
17. Living in your shadow
18. Piece of cake
19. Bird brain
20. Cherry on top
21. Chalk & cheese
22. Knock your socks off
23. Red herring
24. An ear-worm
25. In a nutshell
26. On a silver platter
27. On the wings of time

And you may have even found these ones

1. Pull up your socks
2. Rags to Riches
3. Shadow of his former self
4. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
5. Put your best foot forward
6. Hard nut to crack

Am I losing my ever loving mind? Or did you post yesterday that 'Time flies' was not the right answer, and ask if there were other 'time' ideas? It was right before jmm1837's 'time has wings post.

Rusty

RUSTY, I did post that, because I didn't see it the first time I checked the answers. Sure enough I was wrong. Not your fault!!