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

moon 
(bark at the moon; cry for the
moon; man in the moon; reach for
the moon; shoot for the moon; shoot
the moon)
moonlight 
(do a moonlight)
more 
(say no more)
moses 
(holy moses)
motion 
(table a motion)
mouth 
(all mouth and no trousers; all
mouth and trousers; bad mouth; by
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word of mouth; foul mouth; from
mouth to mouth; give it mouth; give
mouth; keep one’s mouth shut; not
open one’s mouth)
move 
(get a move on; get on the move;
make a move; make a move on
someone; make one’s move; on the
move)
movement 
(make a movement)
much 
(as much; make much of some-
thing; not make much of something;
not much for something; not much
of something; think much about
something; think much of some-
thing; think too much about oneself;
think too much of oneself )
mud 
(clear as mud)
muscle 
(not move a muscle)
music 
(pop music; popular music)
nadir 
(from the zenith to the nadir)
nail 
(coffin nail; on the nail; right
as nails; right on the nail; to the
nail)
name 
(brand-name dropping; by the
name of; call names; come under the
name of; drop names; give a name to
someone; give a name to something;
give it a name; give one’s name to
something; go under the name of;
have someone’s name on it; keep
one’s name on the books; name
names; put a name to someone; put
one’s name down for something; put
one’s name to something; see one’s
name in print; under the name of;
you name it)
nana 
(be off one’s nana; lose one’s
nana)