• as timid as a hare, as timid as a rabbit
• to give sy a leg up, to help a lame dog over a stile
• to dive into one's pocket
• to be driven to extremes, to go to extremes
• to take sg with both hands
• to elongate, to give, gave, given, to lengthen, to range, to stretch
• elongation, stretch, yield
• clammy, glutinous, gummy, runny, soggy, sticky, stiff, stringy, viscid, viscous