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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- English set phrases (0 c, 8 e)
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Pages in category "English idioms"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 8,998 total.
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- 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
- 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
- Chinaman on one's back
- Chinaman's chance
- China syndrome
- Chinese compliment
- Chinese green
- Chinese overtime
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese Wall
- Chinese water torture
- chink in the armor
- chink up
- 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
- Christmas came early
- Christmas graduate
- Christmas tree bill
- chrome dome
- chrome horn
- chum in the water
- chump change
- 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 money
- clean someone's clock
- clean-timbered
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear blue water
- clear cut
- 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