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

Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase I’m telling you— used to say smth. firmly to a person:
You are asking me to donate money to the party and I’m telling
you I will not donate one red cent.
I’ll say —(coll.)
1
. is used to show complete agreement with
what was said: “What a queer duck he is!” exclaimed Biff. “I’ll
say he is!” ejaculated Chet Morton. 2. is used for emphasis: If
they’re doing well in a class and I’m not (at least not as well),
I’ll say it’s just because they’re working hard.
ice house • ice palace
ice house —
1
. an underground storage where blocks of ice
are stored to be used in the summer: Every substantial country
house had an ice house and it is surprising how many remain.
2. a morgue : The body was brought to the ice house, as
planned, but the door would not lock. So the poor body was
taken back to Mrs. McKnight’s house.
ice palace —
1
. a huge castle-style building constructed of
large blocks of ice: The city of St. Paul has played host to sev-
eral ice palaces as part of the city’s Winter Carnival. 2. any
large structure housing a skating rink: Here are some pictures
taken over the years of the Ice Palace staff, friends and public
skating. 3. a place of seclusion or retreat from the realities of
life: You hide behind the pillars of your ice palace, pretending
to be so unapproachable.
ice man • snow man
ice man —
1
. (U.S.) a man who retails and delivers ice (for
use in ice-boxes, etc.): We played our games. I was the iceman
and she was the housewife. 2. a man skilled in traversing ice
(in Alpine or polar regions): We knew as icemen that the access
to the land-ice from the floe was both toilsome and dangerous.
3. a person looking after the ice on a skating-pond: What
becomes of icemen and skate-lenders in summer? 4. a hockey
player: The ice men are through to the final of the Autumn
trophy … they beat Swindon in the semi-final. 5. (Ice Man)
man living in the Ice Age: The process will make it possible
for fragile mummies such as the recently discovered Ice Man
to be accessible to the public. 6. (Underworld) a hired killer;
an assassin: Zen was sitting in a small white-curtained cubicle,
thinking about Trotsky and the ice-man.
snow man —
1
. a mass of snow made into the figure of a man:
The daylight passed in snowman-making on the meadow. 2.
(also: Abominable Snowman, the) a creature alleged to exist in
the Himalayas: Mr. Smythe says that the snowman supersti-
tion is known only to the Tibetan peoples. 3. (U.S. sl.) a person
who deceives people with plausible words; a swindler: You’re
a great snow man, Warren. But I’m not in dreamland yet.