Category:English idioms
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English phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:English rhetorical questions: English questions posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
- Category:English snowclones: English clichés using old idioms with varying words in new contexts.
For information on how to construct the canonical form, see Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion#Idiomatic phrases
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This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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- English set phrases (0 c, 8 e)
- English similes (0 c, 702 e)
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- English rhetorical questions (0 c, 106 e)
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- English snowclones (0 c, 72 e)
Pages in category "English idioms"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 9,111 total.
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- cake crumbs
- cakes and ale
- cake walk
- cakewalk
- call a lid
- 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 every name in the book
- 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
- canary fit
- canary in a coal mine
- candle in the wind
- can it
- cannot make it
- can of corn
- can of worms
- can't carry a tune in a bucket
- 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 a whit
- care package
- carriage trade
- 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 ball
- 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
- cast aspersions
- cast in concrete
- cast in someone's teeth
- castle in the air
- cast one's bread upon the waters
- cast one's mind back
- cast one's net wide
- cast one's vote
- cast over
- 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 body
- catch a break
- catch a cold
- catch a fade
- catch air
- catch a packet
- catch as catch can
- catch-as-catch-can
- 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-foot
- 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 clothes
- change of heart
- change of life
- change of pace
- change of scenery
- change of tack
- change one's battery
- 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
- charm the birds from the trees
- 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 the math
- 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