Idioms starting with “C”
710 idioms
- Cadillac problem
- Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
- cake and gingerbread
- cake crumbs
- cake walk
- cakes and ale
- call a lid
- call a spade a spade
- call an audible
- call for sth
- call it
- call it a day
- call it a night
- call it an early night
- call it stumps
- call off the dogs
- call on sb
- call on sb to do sth
- call out
- call roll
- call someone every name in the book
- call someone everything but a child of God
- call someone's bluff
- call someone's number
- call to account
- call to mind
- call to the bar
- call up
- calm before the storm
- camel through the eye of a needle
- camel's nose
- camp as a row of tents
- camp out
- camp out on
- can of corn
- can of worms
- canary fit
- canary in a coal mine
- cancel someone's Christmas
- candle in the wind
- cannot make it
- can’t afford sth
- can’t afford to do sth
- can't carry a tune in a bucket
- can't get enough
- can't help
- can't stand
- can't stand the sight of
- can't wait
- cap in hand
- cap it all off
- cap over the windmill
- captain's pick
- car park
- carbon burning
- carbonated water
- card of ten
- care a button
- care a jackstraw
- care a whit
- care about sth
- care for sb
- care package
- carpe diem
- carriage trade
- carried away
- carrot and stick
- carry a torch
- carry away
- carry coals to Newcastle
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry on with sth
- carry one's weight
- carry oneself
- carry out
- carry over
- carry someone's water
- carry sth out
- carry the ball
- carry the can
- carry the mail
- carry through
- carry water for
- carved in stone
- case study
- case the joint
- cash in one's chips
- cash on the barrelhead
- cash up
- cashed up
- cast a chill
- cast a shadow
- cast aside
- cast aspersions
- cast in concrete
- cast in someone's teeth
- cast into outer darkness
- cast loose
- cast of thousands
- cast one's bread upon the waters
- cast one's mind back
- cast one's vote
- cast over
- cast pearls before swine
- cast snowballs
- cast the first stone
- cast up one's accounts
- castle in the air
- casus belli
- cat and dog life
- cat got someone's tongue
- cat in the meal-tub
- cat piss
- cat that ate the canary
- catbird seat
- catch a body
- catch a break
- catch a case
- catch a cold
- catch a date
- catch a fade
- catch a falling knife
- catch a packet
- catch a stray
- catch a wave
- catch air
- catch big air
- catch dust
- catch feelings
- catch fire
- catch flies
- catch hands
- catch heat
- catch hell
- catch it
- catch napping
- catch of the day
- catch on
- catch one's death
- catch red-handed
- catch sight of
- catch some rays
- catch some z's
- catch someone napping
- catch someone's drift
- catch someone's eye
- catch the eye
- catch the sun
- cat's cradle
- cat's meow
- cattle call
- caucus race
- caught in a labyrinth
- caught short
- caught up
- caught with one's pants down
- caused by sth
- cautionary tale
- caveat emptor
- caviar to the general
- cede the field
- cell phone
- center field
- Chalfonts
- chalk and cheese
- Chalk Farm
- chalk off
- chalk something up to experience
- chalk up to
- champ at the bit
- champagne taste on a beer budget
- chance upon
- chance'd be a fine thing
- chances are
- change collars
- change hands
- change horses in midstream
- change of clothes
- change of heart
- change of life
- change of pace
- change of scenery
- change of tack
- change one's battery
- change one's mind
- change one's story
- change one's tune
- change over
- change someone's mind
- change the channel
- change the game
- chaotic neutral
- character assassination
- charge down
- charge up
- charity begins at home
- charity mugger
- charley horse
- charm offensive
- charm the birds from the trees
- charmed life
- chase a rainbow
- chase after
- chase away
- chase off
- chase one's tail
- chase rainbows
- chase tail
- chase the dragon
- chat up
- cheap-arse Tuesday
- cheap drunk
- cheap thrill
- cheaper by the dozen
- cheat on
- cheat sheet
- check and balance
- check in
- check in at
- check is in the mail
- check out
- check out of sth
- check sb/sth out
- check sth in
- check the math
- check through
- checkup from the neck up
- cheek by jowl
- cheeky monkey
- cheer up
- cheese tax
- cheesed off
- cherry on top
- chess piece
- chesterfield rugby
- chew off
- chew on
- chew the cud
- chew the meat and spit out the bones
- chew the scenery
- chew up
- chicken feed
- chicken out
- chicken scratch
- child's play
- chill to the bone
- chilly climate
- chime in
- China
- China syndrome
- Chinaman's chance
- China's final warning
- Chinese compliment
- Chinese green
- Chinese overtime
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese Wall
- Chinese water torture
- chink in the armor
- chink up
- chip away
- chip in
- chip off the old block
- chip on one's shoulder
- chip shot
- chip up
- chips on shoulders put chips in pockets
- chirk up
- chocolate teapot
- choke off
- choke the chicken
- choose one's fighter
- choose to do sth
- choose up
- choose violence
- chop down
- chopped liver
- Christmas come early
- Christmas graduate
- Christmas tree bill
- chrome dome
- chrome horn
- chum in the water
- chum up
- chump change
- circle back
- circle the drain
- circle the wagons
- circuit slugger
- circular file
- circular firing squad
- city centre
- civil tongue
- claim someone's life
- claim to fame
- clamp down on
- clap back
- clap eyes on