IDIOMS DAY 9 (408-462)

come to the point

to speak plainly about the real issue

come true

to happen in the way you had hoped

come what may

no matter what happens

cook the books

to falsify financial records

cool about working

ready to work

cool as a cucumber

to be calm and composed

cool it

to relax

cool your heels

to be kept waiting

cope with

handle

copycat

one who imitates another closely

cordoned off

isolated

cost (someone) dearly

to bring one suffering

cost an arm and a leg

very expensive

couch potato

a lazy person

count one's blessings

be grateful for what one has

cover up

hide or conceal

crack up

laugh out loud

crash and burn

to fail completely

creature comforts

luxuries

cross out

eliminate

cross that bridge when you come to it

deal with a problem when it arises

cross your fingers

to hope that things will happen in the way you want

crossed swords

disagreed

crunch time

a critical moment when decisive action is needed

cry down

to depreciate

cry in the wilderness

an unheeded warning

cry over spilt milk

to complain about a loss from the past

cry wolf

to raise a false alarm

crying for the moon

to make an impractical request

cup of tea

one's chosen or preferred thing

currying favour with

ingratiate oneself with someone through obsequious behaviour

cut a poor figure

to put a bad impression

cut a sorry figure

created a wrong impression

cut and dried

already decided

cut corners

do something perfunctorily to save time or money

cut down on

reduce

cut him off, without a shilling

disinherited him

cut in

interrupt someone while they are speaking

cut no ice with me

had no influence on me

cut one short

to interrupt someone

cut short

make shorter as if by cutting off

cut the Gordian knot

removed the difficulty

cut the mustard

to perform well

cut to the chase

come to the point

cut to the quick

hurt intensely

dance to someone's tune

do what others want you to do

dead heat

close contest that ends in a tie

dead in the water

no chance of succeeding

dead set against

disapproved

deep pockets

a lot of money

die hard

unwilling to change

died in harness

died while working

dig up dirt on someone

discover damaging information about someone

do a good turn

to help someone