coin (hard coin) cold (be out in the cold; catch someone cold; come in from the cold; have someone cold; hot and cold; in cold storage; leave someone cold; leave someone out in the cold; out cold; out in the cold; stone cold; suffer from a cold; suffer from the cold) collection (rent collection; rental col- lection) college (queen’s college; queens’ col- lege; training college) color (add color to something; give color to something; lend color to something; man of color; of a high color; off color; show one’s colors; under the color of something; under the color of something; under the colors of something; without color) come (have it coming to one; how comes it; when it comes down to it; where do i come in; this is where i came in) comedy (black comedy) coming (up and coming) command (at command; at one’s com- mand; have someone at one’s com- mand; have someone under one’s command; in command; on com- mand; under one’s command) commission (in commission; on com- mission; on the commission) commissioner (high commissioner; lord commissioner; lord high com- missioner) committee (select committee; selection committee) common (in common; out of the com- mon) company (in company; in good com- pany; joint-stock company; keep company with someone; keep some- one company; part company with someone; ship company; ship’s com- pany; stock company) compartment (glove compartment) compliment (make a compliment to someone; make one’s compliments to someone; pay a compliment to someone; pay one’s compliments to someone) concession (grant concessions; make concessions) conclusion (at the conclusion; in con- clusion) condition (in hard condition; in hard conditions; in no condition; not in a condition; on no condition; out of condition) conference (at the conference; in con- ference) confidence (say something in confi- dence; say something with confi- dence; speak in confidence; speak with confidence) congo (democratic republic of the congo, the; republic of congo, the) connect (be well connected) connection (have a good connection) conscience (have no conscience about something; have something on one’s conscience) consideration (in consideration of something; of no consideration; on no consideration; out of considera- tion for something) contact (come into contact with some- one; make contact with someone) contempt (hold something in con- tempt; hold something up to con- tempt; in contempt of something) content (be content with something; content of a book; contents of a book) contrary (on the contrary; to the con- trary) control (bring someone under control; bring someone under one’s control; bring something under control; spin control; spin out of control; take control of something) cook (chief cook and bottle washer; there are too many cooks; too many cooks spoil the broth) cookie (tough cookie; tough cookies) cool (keep one’s cool; play it cool) copy (autographed copy; autographic copy; correct copy; fair copy) corner (around the corner; at the cor- ner; in a corner; in the corner; round the corner; turn the corner) corpse (living corpse) cost (at any cost; count the cost) council (school council) count (down for the count; out for the count; take a count; take count; take the count) counter (bargain counter; bargaining counter) country (black country, the; go to the country; god’s country; gulf country; house in the country; live in the country; live on the country) course (collision course; crash course) court (ball is in someone’s court, the; friend at court; friend of the court; hold court) cover (get someone covered; letter under cover; provide cover against something; provide cover from something; under cover) cow (holy cow; milch cow; sacred cow; till the cows come home) crack (fall through the cracks) craft (water craft) credence (give credence to something) credibility (lend credibility to some- thing) credit (do someone credit; gain credit; get credit; give someone credit; in credit; on credit) creek (put someone up the creek; up the creek) crest (golden crest) criterion (specific criteria; specified cri- teria) crop (neck and crop) cross (dot one’s i’s and cross one’s t’s; george cross, the; not cross one’s bridges before one comes to them; red cross, the; red cross; saint george’s cross, the) cross-roads (be at the cross-roads) crow (eat crow; have a crow to pluck; if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows; jim crow some- one; jump jim crow; shoot the crow; stone the crows) crowd (follow the crowd; join the crowd) crown (to crown it all) crystal (clear as crystal) cud (chew the cud) cudgel (take up the cudgel) cuff (off the cuff; on the cuff ) cupboard (skeleton in the cupboard, a) currency (hard currency; soft currency) current (go current; go with the cur- rent) curtain (bring down the curtain on something; draw the curtain on something; draw the curtain over something; raise the curtain; ring down the curtain on something) customer (rough customer; slippery customer; smooth customer; tough customer) cut (be cut out for the work; take a short cut) daddy (sugar daddy) daisy (come up daisies; fresh as a daisy; push up daisies; under the daisies) dame (grande dame) dan (fancy dan) dance (lead someone a dance; lead the dance) danger (at danger; in danger; on the danger list) dark (be dark on someone; in the dark; keep oneself dark; keep someone in the dark; keep something dark; leap in the dark; shot in the dark) dash (have a dash at something; make a dash at something; make a dash for it) date (to date; up to date) day (all day and every day; all the days of one’s life; any day; at the end of the day; at this time of day; be a long day coming; big day; box day; boxing day; by day; by the day; call it a day; dog days, the; dog days of summer, the; every day; far-off day; good day; happy day; happy days; have a big day; have a hard day; have one’s day off; have one’s off day; have seen its day; heavenly days; if a day; in olden days; in one’s day; in the cold light of day; in the old days; in these days; in those days; it’s going to be a long day; king for a day; king of day, the; labor day; last day, the; last days, the; late in the day; law day; lawful day; long day; make someone’s day; man of the day; mother’s day; name the day; name- Key Word Index – 380 –