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

Key Word Index

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weather house; welcome to our
house)
housework 
(do one’s housework)
housing 
(open housing; public hous-
ing)
humor 
(in no humor; out of humor)
hump 
(over the hump)
hunter 
(gold hunter; head hunter; skull
hunter)
husband 
(house husband)
ice 
(on ice; on thin ice; put someone
on ice)
idea 
(give someone an idea; give some-
one ideas; have an idea; have ideas;
have no idea of something; put an
idea into someone’s head; put ideas
into someone’s head; that’s an idea;
that’s the idea; what an idea; what’s
the idea)
if 
(nothing if not; only if )
ill 
(be taken ill; take it ill)
illusion 
(be under the illusion)
immigrant 
(landed immigrant)
improvement 
(substantial improve-
ment; substantive improvement)
in 
(all in; be in with someone; have an
in; have an in with someone; in and
in; on the in with something)
inch 
(by inches; inch by inch)
indiaman 
(east indiaman; west india-
man)
indian 
(east indian; red indian; west
indian)
industry 
(defense industries; defensive
industries)
influence 
(have an influence on some-
one; have influence with someone)
ink 
(wait for the ink to dry)
inside 
(put someone inside)
installment 
(by installments; in install-
ments)
instant 
(in an instant; on the instant)
insult
(add insult to injury)
interest 
(at interest; be interested in
someone; have an interest in some-
one; have an interest in something;
have interests in something; with
interest)