Idioms starting with “C”
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- clean break
- clean hands
- clean money
- clean someone's clock
- clean sth up
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear blue water
- clear cut
- clear off
- clear one's lines
- clear the air
- clear the table
- clever mike
- click into gear
- click on sth
- climate change
- climb down
- climb the walls
- clip it
- clip someone's wings
- cloak and dagger
- clock in
- clock is ticking
- clock the tea
- clog up
- close, but no cigar
- close enough for government work
- close in on
- close on the heels of
- close one eye
- close one's eyes
- close one's mind
- close season
- close the book on
- close the books
- close the face
- close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- close to home
- close to sb/sth
- closed book
- closet case
- clothespin vote
- cloud nine
- cloud seven
- clout list
- clue stick
- clutch artist
- coals and coke
- coals to Newcastle
- coat and badge
- a coat of many colors
- cobbler, keep to your last
- cobblers
- cock a snook
- cock-and-bull story
- cock and Hen
- cock cheese
- cock in the henhouse
- cock of the roost
- cock of the walk
- cock off
- cock one's toes
- coffee money
- coffee talk
- coil up
- coke dick
- cold cash
- cold chills
- cold comfort
- cold day in Hell
- cold fish
- cold hand
- cold hard cash
- cold one
- cold shoulder
- cold snap
- cold treatment
- cold turkey
- collar and cuff
- collect dust
- collect one's thoughts
- comb through
- come a cropper
- come a long way
- come across sb/sth
- come again
- come alive
- come along
- come and go
- come apart at the seams
- come around
- come back
- come back from the dead
- come clean
- come down
- come down in stair rods
- come down to
- come down to earth
- come down to us
- come first
- come forward
- come from
- come from a Cracker Jack box
- come from a good place
- come full circle
- come hell or high water
- come home by weeping cross
- come home to roost
- come in from the cold
- come in handy
- come in hot
- come into being
- come into one's own
- come into sth
- come into the world
- come knocking
- come of age
- come on
- come on over
- come on strong
- come online
- come out
- come out in the wash
- come out of one's shell
- come out of the broom closet
- come out of the closet
- come out of the woodwork
- come out swinging
- come rain or shine
- come right
- come the old soldier
- come thick and fast
- come through
- come to
- come to a close
- come to a head
- come to a sticky end
- come to an end
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to grips with
- come to Jesus
- come to life
- come to light
- come to mention it
- come to mind
- come to nothing
- come to nought
- come to one's senses
- come to oneself
- come to papa
- come to pass
- come to power
- come to someone's aid
- come to someone's rescue
- come to terms
- come to terms with
- come to think of it
- come to time
- come true
- come unhinged
- come unstuck
- come up
- come up and bite
- come up roses
- come up with snake eyes
- come up with sth
- come up with the goods
- come what may
- come with the territory
- comedy gold
- comedy of errors
- comfort girl
- comfort woman
- comfort zone
- comfortable in one's own skin
- comfortably off
- coming and going
- coming into the world
- coming right up
- command performance
- common ground
- common or garden variety
- common purse
- common run
- common touch
- company town
- compare notes
- compared with sth
- comparing apples to oranges
- complete and utter
- completely and utterly
- concentrate on sth
- concerned about sth
- concerned with sth
- concrete jungle
- confidence in sb/sth
- confront one's demons
- connect the dots
- connect up
- connected to sth
- connected with sb/sth
- connecting rod
- conscience money
- consenting adult
- considering cap
- consist of sb/sth
- consistent with sth
- contain multitudes
- contribute to sth
- control over sb/sth
- cook someone's goose
- cook the books
- cook up a storm
- cooking with gas
- cool cat
- cool head
- cool one's heels
- cool one's jets
- coon's age
- cop a flower pot
- cop on
- cop one's whack
- cop oneself on
- cop out
- cope with sth
- corner the market
- corporate ladder
- corporate welfare bum
- corporation pop
- cost the earth
- costs an arm and a leg
- cotton to
- couch potato
- cough up
- could not get elected dogcatcher
- couldn't be more different
- couldn't care less
- couldn't carry a note in a bucket
- couldn't happen to a nicer
- couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
- couldn't stop a pig in a passage
- count angels on pinheads
- count noses
- count one's blessings
- count one's days
- count sheep
- count to five
- count to ten
- count to three
- country mile
- courage of one's convictions
- court of public opinion
- covenant of salt
- cover one's bases
- cover someone's ass
- cover up
- cow juice
- cowboy killer
- cowboy shower
- cowboy up
- cowgirl position
- crab mentality
- crack a crust
- crack a fat
- crack a smile
- crack down
- crack of dawn
- crack through
- crack up
- cradle robber
- cradle snatcher
- cramp someone's style
- crank one's hog
- crank out
- crank the handle
- crank up
- crap up
- crash course
- crash dive
- crawl before one walks
- crawl into a hole
- crawl over each other
- crawl with
- crazy enough to work
- cream in one's coffee
- cream in one's jeans
- cream of the crop
- cream the crop
- creamed
- creature comfort
- creature feature
- creature of habit
- creature of statute
- creature of the night
- credit card
- crescent spanner
- criss-cross applesauce
- crème de la crème