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

college 
(queen’s college; queens’ col-
lege; training college)
color 
(add color to something; give
color to something; lend color to
something; man of color; of a high
color; off color; show one’s colors;
under the color of something; under
the color of something; under the
colors of something; without color)
come 
(have it coming to one; how
comes it; when it comes down to it;
where do i come in; this is where i
came in)
comedy 
(black comedy)
coming 
(up and coming)
command 
(at command; at one’s com-
mand; have someone at one’s com-
mand; have someone under one’s
command; in command; on com-
mand; under one’s command)
commission 
(in commission; on com-
mission; on the commission)
commissioner 
(high commissioner;
lord commissioner; lord high com-
missioner)
committee 
(select committee; selection
committee)
common 
(in common; out of the com-
mon)
company 
(in company; in good com-
pany; joint-stock company; keep
company with someone; keep some-
one company; part company with
someone; ship company; ship’s com-
pany; stock company)
compartment 
(glove compartment)
compliment
(make a compliment to
someone; make one’s compliments to
someone; pay a compliment to
someone; pay one’s compliments to
someone)
concession 
(grant concessions; make
concessions)
conclusion 
(at the conclusion; in con-
clusion)
condition 
(in hard condition; in hard
conditions; in no condition; not in a
condition; on no condition; out of
condition)
conference 
(at the conference; in con-
ference)