C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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Contents of C:
[cog]
See: [SLIP A COG] or [SLIP A GEAR].
[coin money] or [mint money] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To make a lot of money quickly; profit heavily; gain big profit.
Fred coined money with many cigarette vending machines and juke boxes.
[cold]
See:
[BLOOD RUNS COLD],
[BLOW HOT AND COLD],
[CATCH COLD] or [TAKE COLD],
[IN COLD BLOOD],
[OUT COLD],
[OUT IN THE COLD],
[PASS OUT] (2),
[STONE-COLD],
[STOP COLD],
[THROW COLD WATER ON].
[cold cash] or [hard cash] {n.}
Money that is paid at the time of purchase; real money; silver and bills.
Mr. Jones bought a new car and paid cold cash for it.
Some stores sell things only for cold cash.
Compare: [CASH ON THE BARRELHEAD].
[cold comfort] {n.}
Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse.
When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to hear that he could try again in two weeks.
* /Mary spent her vacation sick in bed and Jane's […]
[cold feet] {n. phr.}, {informal}
A loss of courage or nerve; a failure or loss of confidence in yourself.
Ralph was going to ask Mary to dance with him but he got cold feet and didn't.
[cold fish] {n.}, {informal}
A queer person; a person who is unfriendly or does not mix with others.
No one knows the new doctor, he is a cold fish.
Nobody invites Eric to parties because he is a cold fish.
[cold shoulder] {n.}, {informal}
Unfriendly treatment of a person, a showing of dislike for a person or of looking down on a person. — Used in the cliches "give the cold shoulder" or "turn a cold shoulder to" or "get the cold shoulder".
* /When Bob […]
[cold snap] {n.}
A short time of quick change from warm weather to cold.
The cold snap killed everything in the garden.
[cold turkey] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal}
1. Abruptly and without medical aid to withdraw from the use of an addictive drug or from a serious drinking problem.
Joe is a very brave guy; he kicked the habit cold turkey.
2. {n.}
An instance of […]