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

Note: 
The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with
the phrase dance on air—
1
. = walk on air: As you can probably
imagine, when I received Melanie’s letter, I was dancing on
air. 2. (sl.) die by hanging: For every night, from now until
then, you will dance on air with a hempen rope around your
neck.
go on the bend • go round the bend
go on the bend —(coll.) have a drinking spree: The apprentice
may be a wild youth with an earnest desire to go occasionally
“upon the bend.”
go round the bend —(coll.) go crazy or behave as if mad (also:
go around the bend): If I don’t get some rest, I’ll go round the
bend.
Note:
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase turn the corner— begin to make a recovery from a serious
illness or a difficult time: Has California’s economy finally
turned the corner?
go on the streets • take to the streets
go on the streets —
1
. go out into the streets: After finishing
home duties, people go on the streets to walk up and down
to meet their friends, to socialize. 2. demonstrate for or against
smth.: In Japan, whose labor force is among the highest paid
in the world, thousands of people go on the streets every year
as well. 3. work as a prostitute: They went into service, and
when they found that they were expected to dust chairs and
wash up breakfast things they went on the streets.
take to the streets —
1
. = go on the streets 
1
: She takes to the
streets daily in response to calls from tenants to investigate
nuisance neighbors. 2. = go on the streets 2: The students took
to the streets in support of the health workers’ claim for higher
wages.