1. a list of cattle = a cattle list = a catalyst which you can by for 25¢ (spare change) = "a catalyst for change"

2. suspended sentence

3. total "e" = "totally" plus "ah" the sum of which is "totally awesome"... Some of my friends think I was stretching things a bit with this one...

4. strawberry waffle

5. pie (pi) in the sky

6 list to the right or list to starboard

7. why not (knot)

8. The word "end" is in the word "sight", the "X" indicates the negative case so we have "no end in sight".