Here's the guide to calorie-burning activities, and the number of calories per hour they consume.

            Beating around the bush. . . . . . . .  75
            Jumping to conclusions . . . . . . . . 100
            Climbing the walls . . . . . . . . . . 150
            Swallowing your pride. . . . . . . . .  50
            Passing the buck . . . . . . . . . . .  25
            Throwing your weight around. . . . . .50-300
            Dragging your heels. . . . . . . . . . 100
            Pushing your luck. . . . . . . . . . . 250
            Making mountains out of molehills. . . 500
            Hitting the nail on the head . . . . .  50
            Wading through paperwork . . . . . . . 300
            Bending over backwards . . . . . . . .  75
            Jumping on the bandwagon . . . . . . . 200
            Balancing the books. . . . . . . . . .  25
            Running around in circles. . . . . . . 350
            Eating crow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
            Tooting your own horn. . . . . . . . .  25
            Climbing the ladder of success . . . . 750
            Pulling out the stops. . . . . . . . .  75
            Adding fuel to the fire. . . . . . . . 160
            Wrapping it up at the day's end. . . .  12
            Opening a can of worms . . . . . . . .  50
            Putting your foot in your mouth. . . . 300
            Covering your tracks . . . . . . . . . 165
            Starting the ball rolling. . . . . . .  90
            Going over the edge. . . . . . . . . .  25
            Picking up the pieces after. . . . . . 350
            Counting eggs before they hatch. . . .   6
            Cracking a smile . . . . . . . . . . .  35
            Calling it quits . . . . . . . . . . .   2