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

exclusion 
(to the exclusion of someone)
excuse 
(make an excuse)
execution 
(be put into execution; be
put to execution; carry out an execu-
tion; do execution)
exercise 
(physical exercise; physical
exercises)
exit 
(entrances and exits)
expectancy 
(life expectancy)
experience 
(spine-chilling experience;
spine-tingling experience)
extreme 
(go from one extreme to the
other; go to extremes; in extremes;
in the extreme; to extremes)
eye
(all eyes; all my eye; black eye; as
far as the eye can see; bright in the
eye; catch someone’s eye; catch the
eye; close one’s eyes; do someone in
the eye; give an eye to someone; give
someone a black eye; give someone
the big eye; give someone the evil
eye; give someone the eye; have an
eye for something; have an eye on
something; have an eye out for
someone; have an eye out for some-
thing; have eyes for someone; have
eyes in the back of one’s head; have
one eye on something; hit someone
in the eye; hit the eye; in one’s eyes;
in the blinking of an eye; in the
public eye; keep one’s eyes open;
look at someone with big eyes; make
someone open his eyes; make some-
one open his eyes wide; one’s eyes
are bigger than his stomach; private
eye; public eye; raise one’s eyes; see
green in someone’s eye; see eye to
eye; see something with half an eye;
shut one’s eyes; strike the eye; to
one’s eyes; turn a blind eye to some-
thing; with a single eye to some-
thing; with an eye for something;
with an eye to something; with half
an eye on something; with one eye
closed; with one eye on something;
with one’s eyes closed; with one’s
eyes open; with one’s eyes wide
open; with wide-open eyes; without
blinking an eye)