C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[cast down] {adj.}
Discouraged; sad; unhappy. — Used less often than the reverse form, "downcast".
Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle's death.
Charles felt cast down when he lost the race.
[cast off] {v.}
1a. or [cast loose]
To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat).
The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water.
1b. To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat.
* /We […]
[cast out] {v.}, {formal}
To force (someone) to go out or away; banish; expel.
After the scandal, he was cast out of the best society.
Compare: [CAST OFF] (3).
[cast pearls before swine] or [cast one's pearls before swine] {n. phr.}, {literary}
To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won't understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won't appreciate pearls. — Often used in negative sentences.
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[cast the first stone] {v. phr.}, {literary}
To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer.
Jesus said that a person who was without sin could cast the first stone.
* /Although Ben saw the girl cheating, he did not want to […]
[cast up] {v.}, {literary}
1. To turn or direct upward; raise.
The dying missionary cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed.
2. {archaic}
To do sums; do a problem in addition; add.
Cast up 15, 43, 27, and 18.
* /When John had all the figures, […]