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

confidence 
(say something in confi-
dence; say something with confi-
dence; speak in confidence; speak
with confidence)
congo 
(democratic republic of the
congo, the; republic of congo, the)
connect 
(be well connected)
connection 
(have a good connection)
conscience 
(have no conscience about
something; have something on one’s
conscience)
consideration 
(in consideration of
something; of no consideration; on
no consideration; out of considera-
tion for something)
contact 
(come into contact with some-
one; make contact with someone)
contempt 
(hold something in con-
tempt; hold something up to con-
tempt; in contempt of something)
content 
(be content with something;
content of a book; contents of a
book)
contrary 
(on the contrary; to the con-
trary)
control 
(bring someone under control;
bring someone under one’s control;
bring something under control; spin
control; spin out of control; take
control of something)
cook 
(chief cook and bottle washer;
there are too many cooks; too many
cooks spoil the broth)
cookie 
(tough cookie; tough cookies)
cool 
(keep one’s cool; play it cool)
copy 
(autographed copy; autographic
copy; correct copy; fair copy)
corner 
(around the corner; at the cor-
ner; in a corner; in the corner;
round the corner; turn the corner)
corpse 
(living corpse)
cost 
(at any cost; count the cost)
council 
(school council)
count 
(down for the count; out for the
count; take a count; take count; take
the count)