C
Idioms beginning with "C"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
No categories:
Contents of C:
[child's play] {adj.}
Easy; requiring no effort.
Mary's work as a volunteer social worker is so agreeable to her that she thinks of it as child's play.
[children and fools speak the truth]
Children and fools say things without thinking; they say what they think or know when grown-ups might not think it was polite or wise to do so. — A proverb.
* /"Uncle Willie is too fat," said little Agnes. "Children […]
[children should be seen and not heard]
A command issued by adults to children ordering them to be quiet and not to interrupt. — A proverb.
* /Your children should not argue so loudly. Haven't you taught them that children should be seen and not […]
[chime in] {v.}
1. {informal}
To join in.
The whole group chimed in on the chorus.
When the argument got hot, John chimed in.
2. To agree; go well together. — Usually used with "with".
* /Dick was happy, and the holiday music chimed in with […]
[chin]
See:
[KEEP ONE'S CHIN UP],
[STICK ONE'S NECK OUT] or [STICK ONE'S CHIN OUT],
[TAKE IT ON THE CHIN],
[UP TO THE CHIN IN].
[China syndrome] {n.}, {informal}
From the title of the movie with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon. The possibility that an industrial nuclear reactor might explode, literally affecting the other side of the planet (as if by eating a hole through the earth […]
[chip]
See:
[CASH IN ONE'S CHIPS] at [CASH-IN],
[IN THE CHIPS],
[LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY],
[FISH-AND-CHIPS],
[WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN].
[chip in] or [kick in] {v.}, {informal}
To give together with others, contribute.
The pupils chipped in a dime apiece for the teacher's Christmas present.
All the neighbors kicked in to help after the fire.
* /Lee chipped in ten points in the […]