English Phrases, proverbs, and expressions are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the time in both written and spoken English. Because Phrases don’t always make sense literally, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the meaning and usage of each idiom. That may seem like a lot of work, but learning Phrases is fun, especially when you compare English Phrases to the Phrases in your own language.
Here’s a list of “Phrases Beginning With C” in English:
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Calm Before The Storm
Meaning: A peaceful period of time that comes before a more difficult and/or more busy period.
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Check, Please!
Meaning: Being in an uncomfortable situation that one wants to leave.
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Clickbait
Meaning: A title or thumbnail that is clickbait is one that is sensational, exaggerated, or misleading for the purpose of attracting clicks.
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Close But No Cigar
Meaning: Coming close to a successful outcome only to fall short at the end.
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Cold Turkey
Meaning: Quitting a bad habit suddenly.
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Crocodile Tears
Meaning: To express sorrow in an insincere way.
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Cry Over Spilled Milk
Meaning: It’s useless to worry about things that have already happened and cannot be changed.
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Cry Wolf
Meaning: Someone who is lying.
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Cup Of Joe
Meaning: A ‘cup of joe’ is an American nickname for a cup of coffee.
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Curiosity Killed The Cat
Meaning: Typically said to indicate that any further investigation into a situation may lead to harm.
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Cut The Mustard
Meaning: To cut the mustard is to meet a required standard; to meet expectations.
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Cut To The Chase
Meaning: Getting directly to the point, leaving out all of the unnecessary details.
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Cat Got Your Tongue
Meaning: Having nothing to say; speechless.
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Caught Red Handed
Meaning: Caught in the act of doing something that you weren’t supposed to be doing.
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Change of Heart
Meaning: If you’ve had a “change of heart” about something, your thoughts on it have become different.
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Chip Off The Old Block
Meaning: A person who resembles their parents.
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Clean Slate
Meaning: Getting a fresh start, without the problems that came before.
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Clean Sweep
Meaning: If one team “clean sweeps” another team, it means they won soundly against them.
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Cold Feet
Meaning: Nervous or hesitant about doing something.
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Cold Shoulder
Meaning: If someone gives you the “cold shoulder,” they are intentionally ignoring you.
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Come Clean
Meaning: To tell the truth, admitting something.
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Cool As a Cucumber
Meaning: Not agitated; calm.
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Couch Potato
Meaning: Someone who is lazy.
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Cross That Bridge When We Get There
Meaning: Dealing with a problem once it arises.
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Curve Ball
Meaning: When something unexpected happens.