C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[cock-and-bull story] {n. phr.}
An exaggerated or unbelievable story.
"Stop feeding me such cock-and-bull stories," the detective said to the suspect.
[cockeyed] {adj.}
Drunk; intoxicated.
Frank has been drinking all day and, when we met, he was so cockeyed he forgot his own address.
[cocksure] {adj.}
Overconfident; very sure.
Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much that we had to dig our way out of the house.
[C.O.D.] {n. phr.}
Abbreviation of "cash on delivery."
If you want to receive a piece of merchandise by mail and pay when you receive it, you place a C.O.D. order.
[coffee break] {n.}
A short recess or time out from work in which to rest and drink coffee.
The girls in the office take a coffee break in the middle of the morning and the afternoon.
[coffee hour] {n.}
A time for coffee or other refreshments after a meeting; a time to meet people and have refreshments.
After the business meeting we had a coffee hour.
* /The Joneses had a coffee hour so their visitor could meet their […]
[coffee table] {n.}
A low table used in a living room.
There were several magazines on the coffee table.
[coffin nail] {n.}, {slang}
A cigarette.
"I stopped smoking," Algernon said. "In fact, I haven't had a coffin nail in well over a year."