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

rest on someone • rest with someone
rest on someone —depend on a person: All his hopes now
rested upon one friend and patron.
rest with someone —be a person’s responsibility: The choice
rests entirely with you now.
rest room (UK) • rest room (U.S.)
rest room (UK)—a room in a public building set aside for
staff to take their breaks in: The suite consisted of the oper-
ating room, the anesthetic room, the scrub-up room and the
doctors’ rest room.
rest room (U.S.)—a room in a public place, containing a
toilet: I told them about my difficulty locating the restroom
in the restaurant. They said, “You can’t say restroom or bath-
room in Europe.”
revenge oneself on someone • revenge someone
revenge oneself on someone —(also: avenge oneself on someone)
get even with a person in return for an offence or injury
inflicted on oneself: This poor youth revenged himself on his
malicious rival by marrying the young lady.
revenge someone —(also: avenge someone) get satisfaction for
an offence or injury done to another person: When the news
is brought to Achilles he swears never to taste food until he
has revenged his friend.
Revised Standard Version, the • Revised Version,
the
Revised Standard Version, the —a revision in 
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the Authorized Version of the Bible: That has been changed
in the Revised Standard Version as follows: “Glory to God in
the highest and on earth peace among men…”
Revised Version, the —a revision in 
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ized Version of the Bible: Mr. B. Dawson read a paper on the
Revised Version of the New Testament. He commended the
accuracy of the revisers.
ride a white horse • ride the white horse
ride a white horse —ride a horse of white color: The man
who brought the buffalo went to them on horseback, riding
a white horse.
ride the white horse —(sl., euph.) have one’s menstrual
period: She’s riding the white horse. That’s why she’s a little
cranky.