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

mankind 
(enemy of mankind)
manna 
(hebrew manna)
manner 
(after the manner of someone;
in the manner of someone)
many 
(be one too many; good many,
a)
map 
(go off the map; put something on
the map; wipe something off the
map)
marble 
(for all the marbles; have all
one’s marbles; lose one’s marbles;
pick up one’s marbles)
mare 
(flying mare; gray mare, the)
maria 
(bloody maria)
mark 
(be beside the mark; be off the
mark; be wide of the mark; come
short of the mark; fall short of the
mark; get full marks for something;
get full marks in something; make a
mark in something; man of mark;
overshoot the mark; overstep the
mark; press mark; press-mark)
market 
(at the market; bear market;
black market; bull market; come into
the market; go to market; gray mar-
ket; in the market; on the market;
soft market)
marriage 
(white marriage)
mary 
(bloody mary)
master 
(house master; one’s own mas-
ter; shipping-master; station master)
match 
(comment on a match; com-
mentate on a match)
mate 
(ship’s mate)
matter 
(as a matter of course; as a mat-
ter of fact; dark matter; fact of the
matter is, the; gray matter; what
matter; what’s the matter)
maximum 
(at the maximum; to the
maximum)
meal 
(make a meal from something;
make a meal of something)
means 
(by all means; by any means)
meantime 
(for the meantime; in the
meantime)
measure 
(for good measure; in good
measure; in large measure; take one’s
measures; take someone’s measure)