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English Idioms Beginning with C

English Idioms Beginning with C

• cake crumbs
• cakes and ale
• cake walk
• cakewalk
• call an audible
• call a spade a spade
• call it a day
• call it a night
• call off the dogs
• call on
• call out
• callout
• call roll
• call someone everything but a child of God
• call someone's bluff
• call someone's number
• call to account
• call to the bar
• call up
• calm before the storm
• camel's nose
• camel through the eye of a needle
• camp out
• can of corn
• canary fit
• canary in a coal mine
• candle in the wind
• can it
• can of worms
• can't get enough
• can't help
• can't stand
• can't stand the sight of
• can't wait
• cap in hand
• cap it all off
• cap over the windmill
• captain's pick
• card of ten
• care a button
• care a jackstraw
• care package
• carried away
• carrot and stick
• carry the message to Garcia
• carry a torch
• carry a tune
• carry coals to Newcastle
• carry forward
• carry off
• carry on
• carry oneself
• carry one's weight
• carry out
• carry over
• carry someone's water
• carry the can
• carry the mail
• carry through
• carry water for
• carved in stone
• carve out
• case the joint
• cashed up
• cash in one's chips
• cash on the barrelhead
• cash up
• cast a chill
• cast a shadow
• cast aside
• catch as catch can
• cast aspersions
• cast in concrete
• castle in the air
• cast one's mind back
• cast one's vote
• cast pearls before swine
• cast the first stone
• cast up one's accounts
• cat and dog life
• cat in the sack
• cat and mouse
• catbird seat
• catch one's breath
• Catch 22
• catch a break
• catch a cold
• catch air
• catch a packet
• catch a wave
• catch big air
• catch dust
• catch fire
• catch flies
• catch hands
• catch heat
• catch hell
• catch it
• catch napping
• catch of the day
• catch on
• catch one's death
• catch sight of
• catch someone napping
• catch someone's drift
• catch someone's eye
• catch some rays
• catch some z's
• catch the eye
• catch the sun
• cat footed
• cat got someone's tongue
• cat in the meal-tub
• cat piss
• cat's cradle
• cat's meow
• cat that ate the canary
• cattle call
• caucus race
• caught up
• caught with one's pants down
• cause a stir
• cave in
• caviar to the general
• cede the field
• center field
• chalk and cheese
• chalk off
• chalk something up to experience
• chalk up to
• champagne taste on a beer budget
• champ at the bit
• chance'd be a fine thing
• chances are
• chance upon
• change hands
• change horses in midstream
• change of heart
• change of life
• change of pace
• change of scenery
• change of tack
• change one's mind
• change one's tune
• change over
• change someone's mind
• change the channel
• change the game
• character assassination
• charge down
• charge up
• charity mugger
• charley horse
• charmed life
• charm offensive
• chase after
• chase a rainbow
• chase off
• chase one's tail
• chase rainbows
• chase tail
• chase the dragon
• chat up
• cheap-arse Tuesday
• cheaper by the dozen
• cheap thrill
• cheat on
• cheat sheet
• check and balance
• check is in the mail
• check through
• cheeky monkey
• cheer up
• cheesed off
• cherry pick
• chess piece
• chesterfield rugby
• chew off
• chew on
• chew the cud
• chew the meat and spit out the bones
• chew the scenery
• chew up
• chicken feed
• chickenization
• chickenize
• chicken out
• chicken scratch
• child's play
• chill to the bone
• chilly climate
• chime in
• chip away
• chip in
• chip off the old block
• chip on one's shoulder
• chip shot
• chip up
• chirk up
• chocolate teapot
• choke off
• choke the chicken
• chomp at the bit
• choose one's fighter
• choose up
• choose violence
• chop down
• chopped liver
• chow down
• Christmas came early
• Christmas graduate
• Christmas tree bill
• chrome dome
• chrome horn
• chum in the water
• chump change
• chum up
• circle back
• circle the drain
• circle the wagons
• circuit slugger
• circular file
• circular firing squad
• civil tongue
• claim to fame
• clamp down on
• clap eyes on
• clash of the ash
• class clown
• clean break
• clean hands
• clean house
• clean someone's clock
• clean timbered
• clean up
• clean up one's act
• clear blue water
• clear cut
• clear one's lines
• click into gear
• climb down
• climb the walls
• clip it
• clip someone's wings
• clock in
• clock is ticking
• clog up
• close, but no cigar
• closed book
• close enough for government work
• close in on
• close one eye
• close one's eyes
• close one's eyes and think of England
• close one's mind
• close on the heels of
• close season
• close the face
• close the stable door after the horse has bolted
• close to home
• cloud nine
• clout list
• clue stick
• clutch artist
• coals to Newcastle
• cobbler, keep to your last
• cock-and-bull story
• cock a snook
• cock in the henhouse
• coffee talk
• cold comfort
• cold day in Hell
• cold fish
• cold hand
• cold hard cash
• cold shoulder
• cold snap
• cold treatment
• cold turkey
• collect dust
• collect one's thoughts
• come the acid
• come a cropper
• come across
• come again
• come alive
• come along
• come a long way
• come around
• come back from the dead
• come clean
• come down
• come down in stair rods
• come down to
• come down to earth
• come down to us
• comedy of errors
• come first
• come forward
• come from a Cracker Jack box
• come from a good place
• come full circle
• come hell or high water
• come home by weeping cross
• come home to roost
• come in from the cold
• come in handy
• come into being
• come into one's own
• come into the world
• come of age
• come on
• come online
• come on over
• come on strong
• come out
• come out in the wash
• come out of one's shell
• China syndrome
• Chinese compliment
• Chinese green
• Chinese overtime
• Chinese puzzle
• Chinese Wall
• come out of the broom closet
• come out of the closet
• come out of the woodwork
• come out swinging
• come right
• come the old soldier
• come thick and fast
• come through
• come to
• come to a close
• come to a head
• come to an end
• come to a sticky end
• come to blows
• come to grief
• come to grips with
• come to Jesus
• come to life
• come to light
• come to mention it
• come to mind
• come to nothing
• come to nought
• come to oneself
• come to one's senses
• come to papa
• come to power
• come to someone's aid
• come to someone's rescue
• come to terms
• come to terms with
• come to think of it
• come unhinged
• come unstuck
• come up
• come up roses
• come up with
• come what may
• come with the territory
• comfortable in one's own skin
• comfortably off
• comfort girl
• comfort woman
• comfort zone
• command performance
• common and garden
• common ground
• common or garden variety
• common purse
• common run
• common touch
• company town
• concrete jungle
• confront one's demons
• connect up
• conscience money
• contain multitudes
• cookie cutterish
• cooking with gas
• cook someone's goose
• cook the books
• cook up a storm
• cool cat
• cool head
• cool one's heels
• coon's age
• cop on
• cop oneself on
• cop out
• copper bottomed
• corner the market
• corporate ladder
• corporation pop
• cost the earth
• cotton picking
• cotton to
• couch potato
• cough up
• could not get elected dogcatcher
• couldn't be more different
• couldn't care less
• couldn't carry a note in a bucket
• couldn't happen to a nicer
• couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
• couldn't stop a pig in a passage
• count noses
• count one's blessings
• country mile
• count sheep
• courage of one's convictions
• court of public opinion
• covenant of salt
• cover one's feet
• cover one's bases
• cover up
• cowboy shower
• cowboy up
• cowgirl position
• crab mentality
• crack a crust
• crack a fat
• crack a smile
• crack down
• crack of dawn
• crack on
• crack through
• crack up
• cradle robber
• cradle snatcher
• cradle to grave
• cramp someone's style
• crank out
• crank the handle
• crank up
• crap up
• crash course
• crash dive
• crawl before one walks
• crawl over each other
• crawl with
• cream in one's coffee
• cream in one's jeans
• cream of the crop
• cream the crop
• creature comfort
• creature feature
• creature of habit
• creature of the night
• creme de la creme
• criss-cross applesauce
• crocodile tear
• crony capitalism
• crop up
• cross my heart
• cross my heart and hope to die
• cross off
• cross out
• cross paths
• cross purpose
• cross someone's path
• cross swords
• cross that bridge when one comes to it
• cross the aisle
• cross the Bosphorus
• cross the Forth
• cross the line
• cross the Rhine
• cross the Rubicon
• cross the Thames
• cross the Tiber
• cross to bear
• crowd in on
• cruel mistress
• crunch numbers
• crush it
• cry all the way to the bank
• cry cupboard
• cry for help
• cry foul
• crying shame
• cry in one's beer
• cry oneself to sleep
• cry one's eyes out
• cry someone a river
• crystal clear
• cry the blues
• cry wolf
• cue up
• culture hero
• cum grano salis
• cup of joe
• cup of tea
• curate's egg
• curb appeal
• curb crawler
• curiouser and curiouser
• curl someone's hair
• curry favor
• curtain raiser
• cut about
• cut above
• cut a dash
• cut a deal
• cut a figure
• cut and thrust
• cut a rug
• cut a swath
• cut a wide swath
• cut bait
• cut below
• cut both ways
• cut corners
• cut down
• cut from the same cloth
• cutie pie
• cut in
• cut it
• cut it fine
• cut loose
• cut off one's nose to spite one's face
• cut of one's jib
• cut one loose
• cut one's coat according to one's cloth
• cut one's teeth
• cut out
• cut red tape
• cut someone loose
• cut someone some slack
• cut swathes
• cut the cheese
• cut the cord
• cut the mustard
• cut the pigeon wing
• cut the umbilical cord
• cut through
• cutting edge
• cut to pieces
• cut to the chase
• cut up

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