Important Idioms and Phrases starting with Alphabet- C
S.No. | Idioms/Phrases | Meaning |
1. | Carry the coal to newcastle | Spending time and energy in doing something that is useless and wastage of energy |
2. | Cast pearls before swine | A right thing in a wrong hand |
3. | Castles in the air | Day dream/ a hope or desire unlikely to be realized |
4. | Cat and dog life | Troublesome life |
5. | Catch a tartar | To grapple with a unexpectedly formidable opponent |
6. | Cat’s paw | A person used by another as a dupe or tool |
7. | Chew the cud | To ponder over / meditate |
8. | Chicken hearted | Lacking courage / cowardly |
9. | Cock-and-bull story | A concocted story |
10. | Crocodile tears | An false display of grief |
11. | Cross swords | To quarrel or fight |
12. | Cry for the moon | To desire the unattainable |
13. | Cry over spilled milk | Regret in vain for what cannot be undone |
14. | Cut a sorry figure | To give a poor show |
15. | Cut both ways | Argue in favour of both sides |
16. | Cut no ice | To fail to make an impression |
17. | Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth | To live within one’s means |