Idioms beginning with C
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Meaning: to request to hurry (something)
Example: The waiter asked us to come on and get the table before the people who had reserved it would arrive. Big tips do work! Read more ➺
Meaning: to reach a point in a situation where action needs to be taken
Example: The negative political climate in America seems to have come to a head. Read more ➺
Meaning: very expensive
Example: I'd like to have a new farmhouse, but it may cost me an arm and a leg. Read more ➺
Meaning: a bad situation
Example: Things have come to such a pretty pass that nowadays parents are afraid of advising their children. Read more ➺
Meaning: make a person become overemotional and speechless
Example: He chokes up every time someone brings up the topic of their sudden movement to a new country. Perhaps there is a story behind it that we do not know about. Read more ➺
Meaning: to earn out of something in big amounts
Example: He has cashed in on the estate that his father created. I do not believe he has anything to call his own out there. Read more ➺
Meaning: to be exclusive
Example: The children of the crème de la crème crowd go to this school. Needless to say that it is among the costliest in town. Read more ➺
Meaning: ready-made
Example: The rules in our school are cut and dried. Everyone is expected to follow them. Read more ➺
Meaning: to request someone to repeat what has just been told
Example: The waiter could not understand what I was saying and kept repeating "come again" every time I named a dish to be ordered. Read more ➺
Meaning: furious contest, discussion, etc.
Example: The man is not sure if he has it in him to appreciate the cut and thrust of such a huge organisational business. Read more ➺
