cherry pick »
To select only the best from a range of options.
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cherry picking »
Selecting only the best from a group or other range of choices.
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cherry-pick »
To pick out the best, or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
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chew out »
To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke.
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chicken feed »
A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money.
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chicken out »
To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
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children should be seen and not heard »
Children should behave well and be quiet, especially in the presence of adults.
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chip in »
To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.
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chip on one's shoulder »
A habitually combative attitude, usually because of a harboured grievance, sense of inferiority, or having something to prove.
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chopped liver »
A person or object which is not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
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chow down »
To eat, especially to eat vigorously.
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chump change »
An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
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circular firing squad »
A political party or other group experiencing considerable disarray because the members are engaging in internal disputes and mutual recrimination.
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cite chapter and verse »
To provide specific references from an authoritative book, as the Bible or a book of statutes or rules, to support a statement.
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clam up »
To become silent; to stop talking, to shut up.
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