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

kipper 
(done up like a kipper)
kite 
(be high as a kite; fly a kite; fly
one’s kite high; go fly a kite)
kitty 
(feed the kitty)
knee 
(have a knees up; sit knee by
knee; sit knee to knee)
knife 
(under the knife)
knockdown 
(give someone a knock-
down)
knot 
(cut the knot; get knotted; get
tied up in knots; tie someone up in
knots; tie the knot)
know 
(not know which way to look;
not know which way to turn; there is
no knowing; you never know)
knowledge 
(common knowledge; gen-
eral knowledge)
labor 
(hard labor; in labor)
lady 
(dinner lady; first lady, the; foxy
lady; grand old lady; iron lady; lead-
ing lady, the; old lady; tea lady; till
the fat lady sings; when the fat lady
sings; white lady)
lag 
(jet lag; time lag)
lake 
(jump in the lake; land of 10,000
lakes, the)
lamb 
(mutton dressed as lamb)
lamp 
(fairy lamp)
land 
(bad lands, the; clear land; clear
the land; end of the land; flowery
land; go the length and breadth of
the land; high land; holy land, the;
lay of the land; lay the land; live off
the land; never-never land, the;
travel all over the land; travel over
the land)
lane 
(air lane; fast lane)
language 
(austral language; body lan-
guage; eye language; flowery lan-
guage; forceful language; high
language; high-flown language;
speak the same language; strong lan-
guage; talk the same language)
lantern 
(fairy lantern; festival of
lanterns, the; magic lantern)
lap 
(drop into someone’s lap; land in
someone’s lap)