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.
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Pages in category "English idioms"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 9,111 total.
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- claim to fame
- clamp down on
- clap eyes on
- clash of the ash
- class clown
- clean break
- clean hands
- clean money
- clean someone's clock
- clean-timbered
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear blue water
- clear cut
- clear off
- clear one's lines
- clear the air
- clear the table
- click into gear
- climb down
- climb the walls
- clip it
- clip someone's wings
- clitlicker
- 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 book on
- close the books
- 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 cheese
- cock in the henhouse
- cock off
- cock of the roost
- cock of the walk
- cock one's toes
- coffee money
- coffee talk
- coil up
- coke dick
- 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 gold
- 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 in hot
- come into being
- come into one's own
- come into the world
- come knocking
- 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
- 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-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 to time
- come unhinged
- come unstuck
- come up
- come up and bite
- come up roses
- come up with
- come up with snake eyes
- come up with the goods
- come what may
- come with the territory
- comfortable in one's own skin
- comfortably off
- comfort girl
- comfort woman
- comfort zone
- coming into the world
- command performance
- common-and-garden
- common ground
- common or garden variety
- common purse
- common run
- common touch
- company town
- compare notes
- concrete jungle
- confront one's demons
- connect the dots
- connect up
- conscience money
- contain multitudes
- cookie-cutterish
- cooking show
- cooking with gas
- cook someone's goose
- Citations: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
- corporate welfare bum
- corporation pop
- cost the earth
- cotton-picking
- cotton to
- couch potato
- cough up