cast off »
To let go a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc so that she may proceed.
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cast the first stone »
To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless.
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castle in the air »
A visionary project or scheme; a day-dream; an idle fancy; a pipe dream; any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be ever realized; a near impossibility.
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cat that ate the canary »
A person who appears self-satisfied or smug, especially while concealing something mischievous, prohibited, or private.
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cat that ate the canary »
A person whose appearance and behavior suggest guilt mixed with other qualities, such as satisfaction or feigned nonchalance.
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cat's pyjamas »
That new car was really the cat's pyjamas.
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catch up »
To be reaching something that had been ahead.
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caught in the act »
To be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.
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center field »
A central role in some activity that requires speed.
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center field »
The defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.
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chance'd be a fine thing »
Given to indicate that an aforementioned thing would be desirable but unlikely. Comparable to if I should be so lucky.
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chances are »
It is likely that, it is probable that.
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change one's mind »
To convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.
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chat up »
In a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
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che sera sera »
Used to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.
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