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

gas 
(have a gas; run out of gas)
general 
(armchair general)
germany 
(cicero of germany, the)
getaway 
(make one’s getaway)
ghost 
(lay someone’s ghost to rest)
gill 
(red in the gills; rosy about the
gills)
girdle 
(venus’s girdle)
girl 
(bar girl; call girl; call-button girl;
floor girl; good-time girl; nursery-
girl; old girl; outdoor girl; party girl;
run after girls; run the girls; sand-
wich girl; sea girl; show girl; sporting
girl; sports girl; street girl; tea girl;
telephone girl; white girl; working
girl)
glance 
(at a glance; at first glance)
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Key Word Index

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glass 
(have a glass too much; see
through a glass darkly; see through
rose-colored glasses)
glory 
(in glory; in one’s glory)
glove 
(put on the gloves; take off the
gloves)
go 
(balloon goes up, the; bang go; be a
bit gone; be gone on someone; be
too far gone; come and go; get-go;
get-up-and-go; go too far; have a go
at it; have a go at someone; have a
go at something; have get up and go;
have something going for one; have
something going with someone; have
to go; have to go some; here goes;
here we go; how goes it; it goes
without saying; it’s all go; it’s all the
go; it’s no go; it’s not a go; let one-
self go; let someone go; let some-
thing go; let something go by; make
a go of it; make it go; on the go; one
has to go; one has to go some; pay as
one goes; show must go on, the;
there goes; there you go; touch and
go; way to go; way to go einstein;
way to go grace; what goes around,
comes around; what goes up, must
come down)