Explore popular idioms beginning with the letter 'C' and enhance your language skills while having fun.

American Idioms Starting With C

To end work and go home. ex. "Let's call it a day. It's getting late."

To remove all dishes, cutlery, etc. from a table after a meal.

To profit from something. "The actor wanted to cash in on his popularity by opening a restaurant."

To finish. To stop. ex. "When the road came to an end, we turned left."

To get someone's attention through eye contact.

From the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in the United States. ex. "Our car made the coast-to-coast trip in 70 hours".

To return without anything. To expect to receive something but to end up receiving nothing. ex. "The union workers came away empty handed from the negotiations."

I just remembered. ex. "Hey, come to think of it, I do have a sleeping bag you can borrow."

To go through a lot of information. "We've covered a lot of ground in my English class in the past two months."

To cry hard. ex. "When her grandfather died, she cried her eyes out for three days straight."

To make excuses for someone or to conceal someone's errors.

To not go to class. To skip going to class. "Jacob was a very bad student. He was always cutting class to go smoke with his buddies."

To limit someone in some way. To limit someone from expressing themselves fully.