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

call someone to attention • call someone’s
 attention
call someone to attention —make a person assume the formal
military stance of attention: The sergeant called the platoon
to attention.
call someone’s attention —bring smth. to a person’s notice:
He called our attention to the old and faded picture on the
wall.
call something down on someone • call something
down to someone
call something down on someone —invoke some sort of pun-
ishment from the heavens onto a person: The prophet called
down a plague on the people.
call something down to someone —shout smth. to a person
who is on a lower level: The worker was alarmed and called a
warning down to the people below.
called to the Bar • called within the Bar
called to the Bar —(UK law) admitted as a barrister (a lawyer
who has the right to speak as an advocate in higher law courts):
She completed her studies at the College of Law in London
and was called to the Bar in 2004.
called within the Bar —(UK law) appointed a Queen’s/King’s
Counsel (a barrister who has the right to act for the State): Bar-
risters who have been “called within the Bar” occupy the front
benches in the auditorium of the court.
can you say that again • you can say that again
can you say that again —is used to ask a person to repeat
smth.: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that, can you say that again?
you can say that again— is used to express strong agreement
with what smb. says: “Dad, you’re not the Messiah,” I say, im-
itating the voice my mom makes…. “You can say that again,
Belle.”
candy stripe • candy striper
candy stripe —a print of fine red stripes on a white back-
ground (the pattern found on peppermint candy): The door was
answered by a woman dressed in jeans and a candy-stripe shirt
several sizes too big for her.
candy striper —(U.S. sl.) a young woman who is a volunteer
nurse’s aid in a hospital: Carol followed the young candy-
striper across the lobby but couldn’t keep up; her legs were
still shaky.