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

Note: 
a) The expression does not correlate in meaning with
the phrase freeze on to someone—(coll.) 
1
. hold on to smb.; stick
to a person: If ever you see him again, Fentiman, freeze on to
him like grim death. 2. become attached to a person: He’s a
lawyer and he might not freeze on to you.
b) The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase
turn the heat on someone
—(sl.) put pressure on a person; subject
smb. to a severe cross-examination (also: put the heat on someone):
Mukhtar is in jail in connection with an old case in which he
surrendered soon after the police turned the heat on him.
fresh as a daisy • fresh as a rose
fresh as a daisy —feeling cheerful and full of energy: It was
six in the morning, dawn was breaking, but Nick still felt as
fresh as a daisy, ready to dance, drink and talk for hours longer.
fresh as a rose —(of a woman) looking very attractive, with
a fresh color: She’s beautiful, yes, really beautiful, fresh as a
rose on the day of the battle or whatever that poem is.
friend at court • friend of the court
friend at court—(also: friend in court) smb. in a position of
influence who is willing to act in a person’s behalf: We felt
that we always had a friend at court in Uncle Alec, no matter
what we did or left undone.
friend of the court—(legal) an adviser to the court who vol-
unteers to offer information on some aspect of the case: The
role of the adjudication officer is to act as amicus curiae (friend
of the court) assisting the tribunal in its investigation.
Friendly Society, the • Society of Friends, the
Friendly Society, the —(hist.) mutual-aid organization formed
to protect members against debts incurred through illness,
etc.: The growth of the Friendly Society is impressive. At the
beginning during the 
1
8
1
4–
1
8
1
6 period, there were roughly
twenty members.
Society of Friends, the —(also: Religious Society of Friends, the)
the Quakers (a Christian sect, founded in the mid–
1
7th century
in England): Probably the best known historical figure in the
Society of Friends was William Penn. Born in 
1
644, he became
a Quaker in 
1
667…