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

floor girl • floor woman
floor girl —a woman to run errands and do odd jobs about
a shop: The floor girl directed me to an area where she would
fetch and introduce me to the store manager.
floor woman —a woman employed to supervise a group of
working women in a factory, etc.: I had a knowledge of sewing
and because of this experience I was put over a group of
women as “floor woman.”
floor-walker • walk the floor
floor-walker —a person employed in a large store to direct
customers, oversee sales, etc.: I next went into a store further
up Broadway. When I entered I approached the floor-walker.
walk the floor —pace nervously across the floor, especially
while waiting: While Bill waited for news of the operation,
he walked the floor for hours on end.
floral clock • Horologe of Flora
floral clock —
1
. a large public clock set out in colorful plants
on the ground: One of Edinburgh’s most popular attractions,
the Floral Clock is located in West Princes Street Gardens. 2.
an arrangement of plants that open or close at certain times:
Few of us would want to plant an entire garden as a floral
clock.
Horologe of Flora —(also: Horologium Florae) = floral clock
2: Telling time by flowers goes back to the first century and
Pliny who devised a “Horologe of Flora.”
Flowery Land • Flowery Nation
Flowery Land —
1
. (also: Flowery Empire) said of China: The
sight of the rickshaw carried me back to the Flowery Land.
2. (U.S.) said of the State of Florida: Spain continued sending
explorers to Florida…. But France also coveted the flowery
land.
Flowery Nation — = Flowery Land 
1
: The beautiful fabric we
call silk, sir, came from the Flowery Nation.
flowery language • language of flowers
flowery language —the use of fine words and phrases to
embellish a narration: Linneus devised a kind of Latin suitable
for concise descriptions: animals and plants were not to be
written up in flowery language.
language of flowers —a way of expressing one’s sentiments
by means of flowers: She looked into the bouquet, to see
whether there was a billet-doux hidden…. “Do they talk the
language of flowers at Boggley Wollah, Sedley?” asked
Osborne, laughing.