After thinking about it for years, he finally 'threw/flung/cast caution to the wind', quit his job, and started his own company.
The scandal 'cast a cloud' over his presidency. [=people thought the President did something wrong]
The 'cast of characters' includes President Johnson and his top advisers during the Vietnam War.
(..) take love's true form.'' Ah, that's beautiful. I didn't know you wrote poetry. It's a spell. When I was a little girl, a witch cast a spell on me. Every night I become . This horrible, ugly beast! I was placed in a tower to await the day my true love would rescue me. (..)2001 Shrek