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

go from one extreme to the other • go to extremes
go from one extreme to the other —pass from one exaggerated
view to its opposite: We tend to go from one extreme to the
other. When the society is too tight, then we tend to go to
the extreme of freedom.
go to extremes —be immoderate in one’s actions; do smth.
to excess: He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in
moderation. He always goes to extremes.
go-go boy • go-to guy
go-go boy —(sl.) a performer of erotic dances at a dis-
cotheque, striptease club, etc.: You know the kind of place —
large dancefloor, hot go-go boys, balconies from where you
can look down on the crowd.
go-to guy —(coll.) a reliable person to whom one turns for
help, information, or support: Go see Lewis. He is our go-to
guy here who handles all of our technical issues.
go head to head • run head to head
go head to head —engage in direct confrontation or conflict:
On the same day the two candidates go head to head in their
only joint televised debate.
run head to head —compete so closely that the lead is virtu -
ally indistinguishable: Neither Jolivette nor Fox had enough
votes when they were running head-to-head in the March pri-
mary.
go home • go in a home
go home —(also: get home) become quite clear to a person:
His calculated sarcasm went home like the sharp point of a
rapier.
Note: 
The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with
the phrase come home—
1
. = go home: The ideal of equality
would come home with special meaning to men bred up on
the frontier. 2. (also: come home to roost) return by way of ret-
ribution: Eventually every single problem you have avoided
dealing with will come home.
go in a home —move into an institution such as old people’s
home, providing refuge and care: My personal experience with
my father was, he was adamant he did not want to go in a home.
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