Maybe a good long walk would help her think things over, blow the cobwebs away.

You thought a hard sea voyage would blow the cobwebs away?'

She needed to get out, blow the cobwebs away, and this was the opportunity to do that and work as well.

"If this doesn't blow the cobwebs away, nothing will."

Talk about blowing the cobwebs away!

I've been up Mam Tor, blowing the cobwebs away.

"Blows the cobwebs away."

"I say, darling," Stephen said, "I think I'll go out for a bit, blow the cobwebs away."

Weatherman Derek Brockway blows the cobwebs away with a series of wonderful walks around Wales.

Having been knocked out in the first round of the Europeans I hadn't done a full sprint competition since the worlds in Copenhagen but blew the cobwebs away and raced well, particularly in the semi-final when I defeated the world champion, Grégory Baugé.