C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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Contents of C:
[chow line] {n.}, {slang}
A line of people waiting for food.
The chow line was already long when John got to the dining hall.
The soldiers picked up trays and got into the chow line.
[Christmas card] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
A speeding ticket.
Smokey just gave a Christmas card to the eighteen wheeler we passed.
[Christmas club] {n.}
A plan for putting money in the bank to be saved for Christmas shopping.
John deposits $10 each week in the Christmas club.
The woman will get her Christmas club money on December 10.
[chum around with] {v. phr.}
1. To be close friends with someone.
They have been chumming around with one another for quite some time.
2. To travel around with someone.
Jack is planning to chum around with Tim in Europe this summer.
[cigar-store Indian] {n. phr.}
A wooden statue of an Indian which in the past was placed in front of a cigar store.
A cigar store Indian used to mean a cigar store in the same way a barber pole still means a barber shop.
[circle]
See:
[COME FULL CIRCLE],
[IN A CIRCLE] or [IN CIRCLES],
[RUN CIRCLES AROUND] also [RUN RINGS AROUND].