Idioms beginning with C
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Meaning: an irresistible victory.
Example: The forecasters are predicting a clean sweep for the ruling party in the approaching election. Read more ➺
Meaning: to make a disclosure
Example: The guy came clean after the police had started their investigation about the robbery. Read more ➺
Meaning: to wipe the past out and begin afresh
Example: The criminal has completed his sentence and has come out as a clean slate. Read more ➺
Meaning: the family comes first, and one should help their family before helping others
Example: She spends the little money that she earns on social work and neglects her own family, forgetting that charity begins at home. Read more ➺
Meaning: change one's opinion or the way one feels about something
Example: The call-back of the military and troops from Afghanistan shows a change of heart by the British government. Read more ➺
Meaning: the particular situation in which one cannot win
Example: I couldn't start my own business until I have got money, and I couldn't get the money until I start my own business, oh my God, this is the real Catch-22 situation. Read more ➺
Meaning: thinking of some impossible task
Example: She keeps talking about her big-time ambitions, but it's all castles in the air. Read more ➺
Meaning: mixture of rewards and punishments
Example: He said the carrot and stick approach is in effective when it comes to management. Read more ➺
Meaning: to have a secret advantage that is suddenly revealed to change the game
Example: He did not just leave his house. He had a card up his sleeve that he did not even reveal to his family, which was his new flat in a posh locality. Read more ➺
Meaning: very early in the morning
Example: We shared, cared and cheered until we were at the crack of dawn. Read more ➺
