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

four 
(be on all fours; four-by-four; hit
on all four)
fox 
(crazy like a fox; dumb as a fox; let
the fox guard the henhouse; set the
fox to keep the geese; silver fox)
fraction 
(by a fraction; to a fraction)
freddy 
(blind freddy)
free 
(come free; go free; make free of
something; make free with someone;
make free with something; make
someone free; make someone free of
something)
freedom 
(give someone freedom; give
someone his freedom; give someone
the freedom of the city; give some-
one the freedom of the world)
freeze 
(in the deep freeze; put the
freeze on someone)
friend 
(little friend; small friend; soci-
ety of friends, the)
frigate 
(stone frigate)
frog 
(have a frog in one’s throat)
front 
(at the front; at the front of
something; come to the front; go to
the front; in front of something; in
the front of something; on the front;
out front; put up a brave front; up
front)
fruit 
(land of fruit and nuts, the)
fuel 
(add fuel to the fire)
full 
(be full of oneself; in full; to the
full)
fume 
(in a fume)
fun 
(have fun with someone; make fun
of someone)
funeral 
(it’s your funeral)
fur 
(all fur coat and no knickers; make
the fur fly)
future 
(for the foreseeable future; for
the future; in future; in the foresee-
able future; in the future)
gallery 
(play the gallery; play to the
gallery)
gamble 
(take a gamble on something)
game 
(big game; child’s game; easy
game; fair game; game is over, the;
give the game away; great game;
have the game in one’s hands; it is a
game of two halves; it’s all part of
the game; large game; little game;
love game; make great game of
something; off one’s game; off the
game; on one’s game; on the game;
out of the game; play a love game;
play games; play games with some-
one; play someone at his own game;
play someone’s game; play the game;
small game; that’s the ball game)