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

go-by 
(give something the go-by)
goal 
(shoot a goal; shoot at the goal)
goat 
(run like a hairy goat)
god 
(act of god; action of god; before
god; child of god; city of god; man
of god; man-god; mother of god; son
of god, the)
going 
(coming and going; comings and
goings; go while the going is good)
gold 
(good as gold; strike gold)
goldfish 
(feed the goldfish)
good 
(as good as; be good form; be
good to go; be in good form; do
good; do good to someone; do some-
one good; feel good; for good; for
good measure; for the good; look
good; make good; make good going;
make good on something; no good
to someone; not good for someone;
not good to someone; stand in good
with someone; stand someone in
good stead; stay good; to the good)
goods 
(deliver the goods; get the
goods; green goods; hot goods)
goose 
(cook one’s goose; gay as a
goose; kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs; one wouldn’t say boo to
a goose; swim like a tailor’s goose)
gooseberry 
(play gooseberry; play old
gooseberry)
gown 
(evening gown; night gown)
grade 
(make the grade in something)
grandmother 
(teach one’s grandmother
to suck eggs)
grasp 
(get a grasp of something; in
one’s grasp; within one’s grasp)
grass 
(bring someone to grass; come off
the grass; come to grass; go to grass;
put someone out to grass; send
someone out to grass; send someone
to grass)
grave 
(dig one’s own grave)
grease 
(be greased; in grease; in the
grease)
green 
(be green; be green around the
gills; in green; in the green; spring
green; spring greens)