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

Note: 
Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
fall through
—(of plans, reforms, projects, etc.) not succeed; fail
fall behind in something
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to be completed (also: drop through): When wedding plans fell
through, she decided that a holiday was the best way to get
over it.
familiar to someone • familiar with someone
familiar to someone —well-known to a person: The story is
presented in a manner familiar to all radio-listeners.
familiar with someone —
1
. acquainted with or knowing
a person: I confess that I am not familiar with this writer.
2. on friendly terms or intimate with smb.: Do you address
him as “Tom” or as “Mr. Green”? Don’t be too familiar with
him.
family doctor • house physician
family doctor —a general practitioner: The family doctor
is often the first person that people talk to about their con-
cerns.
house physician —a usually resident physician in a hospital,
etc.: Mrs. Parish was removed to the institution, where the
house physician took charge of the case.
family man • man of family
family man —a man with a family; a man dedicated to his
family: We don’t see much of him now that he has become a
family man.
man of family —
1
. = family man: Soon he will be a husband
and then a man of family and all will be serious. 2. a man of
noble birth: The baron’s cadet cannot avail himself of the pub-
lic schools because such a step would disclass the man of fam-
ily.
fancy man • fantasy man
fancy man —(sl.) a woman’s lover: You won’t get one hus-
band in ten feels any thanks to the wife’s fancy man for the
happiness he brings to the marriage.