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

taste like something
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Ten Thousand Islands, the • Thirty Thousand
 Islands, the • Thousand Islands, the
Ten Thousand Islands, the —islands that lie off the southwest
coast of Florida, USA: Marco Island is the largest of the so-
called Ten Thousand Islands … that stretch from Naples down
to the southern tip of the Florida mainland.
Thirty Thousand Islands, the —islands that lie on the east
side of Georgian Bay, Ontario (Canada): Georgian Bay Islands
National Park is situated in the world’s largest freshwater
archipelago, known as the “Thirty Thousand Islands.”
Thousand Islands, the —islands that lie on both sides of the
U.S.-Canada border in the Saint Lawrence River just east of
Lake Ontario: The St. Lawrence River was wide here in the
heart of the Thousand Islands region…
tend something • tend to something
tend something —give care and attention to smth., especially
smth. that needs constant supervision: He faithfully tended
his garden all summer long.
tend to something —
1
. (also: attend to something ) take care of
smth.; deal with smth.: “I thought I heard you talking,” she
said as she tended to the fire. 2. be generally inclined to smth.
or likely to behave in a particular way: He was a born agitator,
and as such tended to exaggeration.
tent-boy • tent-man
tent-boy —a young man whose job it is to have the tent put
up and ready: Robert Blake plays a young tent-boy; tent-boy
as opposed to house-boy since through half the movie the
main characters were part of a caravan.
tent-man —
1
. a tent-dweller; a person who lives or lodges
in a tent: I must admit I am a tent man. My tent can withstand
anything … it is also pretty low weight. 2. a man who has
charge of a circus tent: As Joe hurried across the arena he saw
the tent man who had given him the note.