C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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Contents of C:
[coop up] {v. phr.}
To hedge in; confine; enclose in a small place.
How can poor Jane work in that small office, cooped up all day long?
[cop a feel] {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable}
To attempt to arouse sexually by manual contact, usually by surprise.
John talks big for a 16 year old, but all he's ever done is cop a feel in a dark movie theater.
Compare: [FEEL UP]. Contrast: [COP […]
[cop a plea] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial}
To plead guilty during a trial in the hope of getting a lighter sentence as a result.
* /The murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., copped a plea of guilty, and got away with a life sentence instead of […]
[cop out] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To avoid committing oneself in a situation where doing so would result in difficulties.
Nixon copped out on the American people with Watergate.
[cop-out] {n. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
An irresponsible excuse made to avoid something one has to do, a flimsy pretext.
Cowe on, Jim, that's a cheap cop-out, and I don't believe a word of it!
[copy cat] {n.}
Someone who copies another person's work or manner. — Usually used by children or when speaking to children.
He called me a copy cat just because my new shoes look like his.
[corn ball] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
1. A superficially sentimental movie or musical in which the word "love" is mentioned too often; a theatrical performance that is trivially sentimental.
That movie last night was a corn hall.
2. A person who […]
[corn belt] {n.}
1. The Midwest; the agricultural section of the United States where much corn is grown.
Kansas is one of the slates that lies within the corn belt.
[corner]
See:
[AROUND THE CORNER],
[CUT CORNERS],
[FOUR CORNERS],
[OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE'S EYE].
[cost a bomb] or [an arm and a leg] {v. phr.}
To be extremely expensive.
My new house has cost us an arm and a leg and we're almost broke.