Thursday 29 April 2010

come

come come about
come come a cropper
come come across someone or something
Come Come again.
Come Come and get it!
come come and gone
come come apart at the seams
come come (a)round
come come as no surprise
come come away empty-handed
come come by something
come come clean (with someone)
come come down
come come from far and wide
come come from nowhere
come come full circle
come come hell or high water
come come home (to roost)
come come home to someone
come come in a body
come come in for something
come come in handy
come come in out of the rain
come come into its own
come come into one’s own
come come into something
come come of age
come come off
come come on
come come out
come come over
come come someone’s way
come come through
come come to
come come true
come come unglued
come come up
come come what may
come come within an ace of doing something

come come within an inch of doing something
come come with the territory
come easy come, easy go
come easy to come by
come First come, first served.
come have come a long way
come Johnny-come-lately
come not know enough to come in out of the rain
come till the cows come home
come (un)til the cows come home
come a dream come true
come a harbinger of things to come
come a portent of things to come
come a sign of things to come
come a taste of things to come
come The chickens have come home to roost.
comeback make a comeback
comes cross a bridge before one comes to it
comes cross a bridge when one comes to it
comes if push comes to shove
comes if worst comes to worst
comes What goes around, comes around.
comes when it comes right down to it
comes when it comes to something
comes when push comes to shove
comeuppance get one’s comeuppance
comfort cold comfort
comfort too close for comfort
comfortable (as) comfortable as an old shoe
comfortable comfortable as an old shoe
comforts creature comforts
coming Everything’s coming up roses.
coming get another guess coming
coming get another think coming
coming get what’s coming to one
coming give one what’s coming to one
coming (had) known it was coming
coming have something coming (to one)
coming knew it was coming
coming known it was coming
coming not know if one is coming or going
coming not know whether one is coming or going
coming up-and-coming
coming where one is coming from
command have a good command of something
comment No comment.
commission out of commission
commit commit something to memory
common (as) common as an old shoe
common (as) common as dirt
common common as an old shoe
common common as dirt
common have something in common (with someone or
something)
commotion cause a commotion
company keep company (with someone)
company keep someone company
company part company (with someone)
company Two’s company(, three’s a crowd).
complain nothing to complain about
compliment fish for a compliment
compliment pay someone a back-handed compliment
compliment pay someone a compliment
compliment pay someone a left-handed compliment
compliment return someone’s compliment
compliment return the compliment
composure regain one’s composure
compromise reach a compromise
con con someone out of something
conceited (as) conceited as a barber’s cat
conceited conceited as a barber’s cat
concern to whom it may concern
concerned (as) far as someone or something is concerned
concerned far as something is concerned
concerned so far as someone or something is concerned
concerned so far as something is concerned
concert in concert (with someone)
conclusion a foregone conclusion
conclusions jump to conclusions
conclusions leap to conclusions
condition in condition
condition in good condition
condition in mint condition
condition in the pink (of condition)
condition out of condition
conditions under certain conditions
confide confide in someone
confidence take someone into one’s confidence
confidence a vote of confidence
conk conk out
conniption have a conniption (fit)
conquer divide and conquer
conscience have a clean conscience (about someone or
something)
conscience have a clear conscience (about someone or
something)
conscience in (all) good conscience
consequence in consequence (of something)
consideration in consideration of something
consideration out of consideration (for someone or
something)
consignment on consignment
conspicuous conspicuous by one’s absence
conspicuous make oneself conspicuous
constant in a (constant) state of flux
construction under construction
contact have contact with someone
contempt Familiarity breeds contempt.
contempt in contempt (of court)
content to one’s heart’s content
contention bone of contention
context in the context of something
contradiction contradiction in terms
contrary contrary to something
contrary on the contrary
contrary to the contrary
control control the purse strings
control out of control
control under control
convenience at someone’s earliest convenience
conversation open a conversation
conversation strike up a conversation
converted preach to the converted
convictions have the courage of one’s convictions

cook cook someone’s goose
cook cook something to perfection
cook cook something up
cook cook the accounts
cooked someone’s goose is cooked
cookie That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
cookies blow one’s cookies
cookies juice and cookies
cookies toss one’s cookies
cooking cooking with gas
cooks Too many cooks spoil the broth.
cooks Too many cooks spoil the stew.
cool (as) cool as a cucumber
cool blow one’s cool
cool cool as a cucumber
cool cool down
Cool Cool it!
cool cool off
cool cool one’s heels
cool cool someone down
cool cool someone off
cool keep cool
cool keep one’s cool
cool lose one’s cool
cool play it cool
coon’s in a coon’s age
coop fly the coop
coot (as) bald as a coot
coot bald as a coot
cop cop a plea
cop cop out
copycat a copycat
core rotten to the core
core to the core
cork blow one’s cork
cork pop one’s cork
corner have turned the corner
corner out of the corner of one’s eye
corners cut corners
corrected stand corrected
cost at any cost
cost cost an arm and a leg
cost cost a pretty penny
costs at all costs
cough cough something up
Could Could be better.
Could Could be worse.
could could(n’t) care less
could could do with someone or something
could if looks could kill
could so clean you could eat off the floor
could so mad I could scream
could so quiet you could hear a pin drop
could so still you could hear a pin drop
couldn’t couldn’t be better
couldn’t couldn’t be happier
couldn’t could(n’t) care less
couldn’t Wild horses couldn’t drag someone.
counsel keep one’s own counsel
count count noses
count count one’s chickens before they hatch
count count on someone or something
count count someone in (on something)
count count someone out (for something)
count down for the count
count to count heads
counted stand up and be counted
counter run counter to something
counter under the counter
country another country heard from
counts every minute counts
counts every moment counts
couple a couple of
courage Dutch courage
courage have the courage of one’s convictions
courage muster (up) one’s courage
courage pluck up one’s courage
courage screw up one’s courage
course as a matter of course
course course of action
course in due course
course in the course of time
course par for the course
course take a course (in something)
court have the ball in one’s court
court in contempt (of court)
court laugh something out of court
court settle (something) (out of court)
court throw oneself at the mercy of the court
court throw oneself on the mercy of the court
courtesy out of courtesy (to someone)
cover blow someone’s cover
cover cover a lot of ground
cover cover a lot of territory
cover cover for someone
cover cover someone’s tracks (up)
cover cover something up
cover cover the territory
cover cover the waterfront
cover duck and cover
cow (as) awkward as a cow on a crutch
cow (as) awkward as a cow on roller skates
cow awkward as a cow on a crutch
cow awkward as a cow on roller skates
cow sacred cow
cows till the cows come home
cows (un)til the cows come home
cozy cozy up (to someone)

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