A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

enemy 
(public enemy)
england 
(achilles of england, the; close
your eyes and think of england; little
england; little england beyond wales;
new england; new england of the
west, the; primate of all england;
primate of england; shut your eyes
and think of england)
englander 
(little englander)
english 
(austral english; australian
english; basic english; basic english;
body english; break the queen’s
english; clip the king’s english; clip
the queen’s english; early english;
modern english; new english; old
english; speak english; speak in
english; talk english; talk in english)
enough 
(close enough for government
work; close enough for jazz)
envelope 
(on the back of an envelope)
escape 
(there is no escape from some-
thing; there is no escaping some-
thing)
establishment 
(military establishment;
war establishment)
evasion 
(tax evasion)
eve 
(adam and eve; adam and eve on a
log; adam and eve on a raft; adam-
and-eve)
even 
(break even)
event 
(at all events; biannual event;
biennial event; historic event; histor-
ical event; in any event; in either
event; in that event; in the event)
ever 
(how ever; never ever; same as
ever; what ever; who ever)
everlasting 
(life everlasting)
evidence 
(be in evidence)
example 
(hold someone up as an exam-
ple; make an example of someone)
exception 
(make an exception for
something; make an exception to
something; take exception to some-
thing; with the exception of some-
thing)
excess 
(in an excess of something; in
excess of something)