I know, right. The roman version is much more badass.
Pedem struere:pedemve struit
L&S dixit:to heap up steps, i. e. to flee: SI CALVITVR PEDEMVE STRVIT MANVM ENDOIACITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. 313
Funny, I just saw this in the Iudicium Coci et Pistoris Iudice Vulcano.Fumum/fumos vendere = "to sell smoke(s)", i.e. "to make empty promises"
Here's some idioms I found in the dictionary:
clavo clavum eicere, to drive out one nail by another
aliquid trabali clavo figere, to fasten with a large nail, to clinch a matter