Idioms and Phrases August 4, 2020 at 01:27PM

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English Idioms

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English Idioms (C)
List of English idioms that start with C.

Call a Spade a Spade: To speak frankly and directly about a problem

Call It a Day: Decide that one has worked enough on something for the day

Call It a Night: End an evening’s activities and go home

Call the Shots: Make the important decisions in an organization

Call the Tune: Making important decisions and controlling a situation.

Can’t See the Forest for the Trees: Is unable to maintain a wider perspective

Can’t Swing A Dead Cat In (Place): Without Hitting A (Thing) There are many examples of [thing] in this
[place].

Carrot-and-Stick (Approach): A tactic in which rewards are offered, but there is also the threat of
punishment

Carry a Torch (for): To continue to be in love with someone even after a relationship has ended

Carry Coals To Newcastle: Supply something that is unneeded; engage in useless labor

Carry the Can: To take the blame for something one did not do

Cash In One’s Chips: 1. To take advantage of a quick profit 2. To die

Cash-Strapped: In need of money

Cast the First Stone: To be the first to criticize or attack someone

Castle in the Air: An impractical plan

Cat Fight: A fight between two women

Cat Got Your Tongue?: Don’t you have anything to say?

Cat on a hot tin roof: Be extremely nervous

Cat-and-Mouse (adj.): In a toying way; playful in an unpleasant way

Catch One’s Death of Cold: To become very ill (with a cold/flu etc.)

Catch Some Rays: To sit or lie outside in the sun

Catch Someone’s Eye: Attract someone’s attention

Catch-22: A difficult situation from which there is no escape because options for avoiding it involve
contradictions

Cat’s Paw: A person being used by someone else, a tool

Caught Red-Handed: Apprehended while committing a crime

Circle the Wagons: To prepare as a group to defend against attack, adopt a defensive posture

Claim to Fame: Unusual feature or offering

Clean Up Nicely: Look good when one is dressed up. Usually said of women

Clear the Air: Defuse tension, be honest about conflict so as to reduce it

Clip Someone’s Wings: Reduce someone’s privileges or freedom

Close, But No Cigar: You are very close but not quite correct.

Cock and Bull Story: A far-fetched story, probably untrue

Cock-A-Hoop: Elated, excited

Cold Day in Hell: A condition for something that would be extremely unlikely to occur

Come By Something Honestly: Acquire something honestly, or inherit it

Come Clean: To confess; to admit to wrongdoing

Come Hell or High Water: No matter what happens

Come Out in the Wash: To be resolved with no lasting
negative effect

Come Out of the Closet: Reveal a secret about oneself, usually that one is gay (homosexual)

Come Out Swinging: Respond to something very aggressively

Come Rain and Shine: Do regularly, whatever the circumstances

Come to Grips With: To acknowledge a problem as a prelude to dealing with it

Come to Terms With (Something): Feel acceptance toward something bad that has happened

Coming Down the Pike: Likely to occur in the near future

Cook Someone’s Goose: To insure someone’s defeat, to frustrate someone’s plans

Cook Up a Storm: Cook a great deal of food

Cooking Up a Storm: Cooking a great deal of food

Cool as A Cucumber: Calm and composed even in difficult or frustrating situations; self-possessed

Cool Cat: Someone who has the respect of their peers in a young, casual way.

Cool Your Heels: Wait

Couch Potato: A lazy person who watches a great deal of television

Crash a Party: To attend a party without being invited