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

tin 
(sardine tin)
tip 
(give someone a tip)
tip-off 
(give someone a tip-off )
tiptoe 
(on tiptoe)
tire 
(cold as a wagon tire; reinvent the
flat tire)
titanic 
(be titanic; go titanic)
toast 
(be milk toast; be toast)
toe 
(dip one’s toes in the water; have it
away on one’s toes; on one’s toes;
tread on someone’s toes)
together 
(all together; get it together;
get oneself together; hold oneself
together; keep oneself together)
toll 
(take a toll of; take a toll on)
tom 
(aunt tom; blind tom; every tom,
dick and harry; long tom; old tom;
peeping tom; peeping-tom tv; uncle
tom; uncle tom cobley; uncle tom
cobley and all; whipping tom)
tongue 
(bite one’s tongue; bite the
tongue; give someone the rough side
of one’s tongue; give someone
tongue; give tongue; lose one’s
tongue; speak with a double tongue)
tooth 
(by the skin of one’s teeth; cut
one’s teeth; cut teeth; get one’s teeth
into something; grind one’s teeth;
grit one’s teeth; put teeth into some-
thing; set one’s teeth; set someone’s
teeth on edge; to someone’s teeth; to
the teeth)
top 
(at the top of something; at the top
of the heap; at the top of the tree; be
on top of someone; come on top of
something; come out on top; come
to the top; from the top; from top to
bottom; from top to toe; get on top
of something; go over the top; on
the top of something; on top; on top
of something; on top of the world;
thin on top; up top)
torch 
(carry the torch)
touch 
(at a touch; get in touch with
someone; in touch; keep in touch
with someone; lose one’s touch with
someone; lose touch with someone;
put the touch on someone; within
touch)