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

grief 
(bring someone to grief; give
someone grief )
grip 
(get a grip on something; get to
grips with something)
ground 
(be on home ground; be on
one’s own ground; bring someone to
the ground; bring something to the
ground; cover ground; cover the
ground; down to the ground; fall to
the ground; from the ground up;
gain ground on someone; gain
ground with someone; get off the
ground; get something off the
ground; go on the ground; go to
ground; go to the ground; high
ground; hit the ground; hit the
ground running; home ground; off
the ground; on home ground; on the
ground; run someone into the
ground; run someone to ground; run
something into the ground; run
something to ground; stand one’s
own ground; take ground; take the
ground; thin on the ground; touch
ground; under ground)
guard 
(home guard, the; life-guard;
national guard, the; on guard; on
one’s guard; stand guard; stand on
guard; van guard)
guide 
(girl guide)
guider 
(girl guider)
gun 
(air gun; blow great guns; give it
the gun; go great guns; stick to one’s
guns; under the gun)
gunner 
(air gunner)
gut 
(have no guts for something; have
the guts; sweat one’s guts out)
guy
(all right guy; fall guy; go-to guy;
right guy; wise guy)
hail 
(thick as hail)
hair 
(by a hair’s breadth; goats’ hair;
hide and hair; keep one’s hair; keep
one’s hair on; let one’s hair down; lift
someone’s hair; not turn a hair; put
one’s hair up; to a hair’s breadth;
turn of a hair)
half 
(by half; by halves; go halves with
someone; in half; in halves; not half;
not know how the other half lives;
not the half; one’s better half )