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2020.05.11 18:02

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 dieCash-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

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  • English Learner 2020.05.11 18:26

    HI
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    Very helpful thanks..

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