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

mine 
(back to the salt mines)
minimum 
(at the minimum; to the
minimum)
minute 
(at the last minute; at this
minute; for a minute; not for a
minute; this minute; to the minute;
up to the last minute; up to the
minute)
mirror 
(see in a mirror, dimly)
mistake 
(and no mistake; make no
mistake about it; there’s no mistake
about it; there’s no mistaking)
mix 
(be mixed up; get mixed up with
someone)
moment 
(at a moment; at the moment;
for a moment; for the moment; in a
moment; man of the moment; not
for a moment; saigon moment; sput-
nik moment)
money 
(bad money; bad money drives
out good; black money; blue money;
blue one’s money; coin money; dead
money; dead on the money; dirt
money; dirty money; do one’s
money; easy money; for money; for
my money; funny money; get a good
run for one’s money; good money;
hard line money; hard money; have
money to burn; have money to
spend; have spending money; hot
money; in the money; it is not a
question of money; lay away money;
lay out money; loose money; mad
money; make money out of some-
thing; make one’s money; not like
the color of someone’s money; on the
money; out-of-pocket money; pink
money; pocket money; put one’s
money in something; put one’s
money on something; put your
money where your mouth is; red
money; risk money; see the color of
someone’s money; serious money;
short money; silly money; smart
money; soft money; throw good
money after bad; tight for money;
tight money; tight with money;
white money)
monkey 
(make a monkey of someone)
mood 
(in a black mood; in a mood; in
the mood)