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

note 
(cover note; covering note; take
note of something; take notes of
something)
nothing 
(make nothing of something;
make nothing out of something; soft
nothings; there is nothing doing;
there is nothing for it; there is noth-
ing in it; there is nothing to be
done; there is nothing to it; to say
nothing of )
notice 
(give notice; take notice)
now 
(as of now; every now and then;
for now; now, now)
number (any number of; do a number;
do a number on someone; do one’s
number; have someone’s number;
have someone’s number on it; in
number; in numbers; make one’s
number with someone; one’s lucky
number comes up; one’s number
comes up)
nurse 
(state enrolled nurse; state regis-
tered nurse)
nut 
(be dead nuts on something; be off
one’s nut; crack a nut; get one’s nuts
off; hard nut to crack; sweet as a
nut; tough nut to crack)
oar 
(row with both oars)
oath 
(on my oath; on oath)
observation 
(make an observation; take
an observation)
occasion 
(by occasion of something; on
occasion; on the occasion; on the
occasion of something)
ocean 
(boil the ocean)
off 
(day off; on and off; way off )
offer 
(on offer; under offer)
offering 
(thanks offering)
office 
(divine office; employment office;
fire office; holy office, the; in office;
in the office; post office; post office,
the)
officer 
(safety officer)
oil 
(mix oil and water; pour oil on
troubled waters; snake oil)
ointment 
(fly in the ointment, a)
omnibus 
(man on the clapham
omnibus, the)