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

rubicon 
(cross the rubicon)
rule 
(by rule; by rule and line)
run 
(at a run; cut and run; dry run;
give someone a run; give someone a
run for his money; give someone the
run; give someone the runs; have a
good run for one’s money; have a
run; have a run of something; have
the run of something; have the runs;
hit and run; keep the run of some-
thing; make a run; make a run for it;
milk run; on the run; rat run; ski
run)
run-down 
(give someone a run-down)
run-in 
(have a run-in with someone)
run-through 
(give someone a run-
through)
runner 
(do a runner; front runner)
running 
(do the running; make the
running; off and running; up and
running)
rush 
(bum rush something; come out
in a rush; get a rush from some-
thing; get a rush on something; get
the bum’s rush; get the rush; give
someone a rush; give someone the
bum’s rush)
rust 
(yellow stripe rust)
sack 
(give someone the sack; leave
someone holding the sack)
saddle 
(back in the saddle; in the sad-
dle; on the saddle)
safety 
(in safety; with safety)
sailing 
(plain sailing; plane sailing)
saint 
(city of saints)
sale 
(be for sale; be on sale; white sale)
salmon 
(dog salmon)
sand 
(bring sand to the beach)
sauce 
(marinara sauce; on the sauce)
saver 
(life-saver)
say 
(can you say that again; dare i say;
have a say; have nothing to say; have
nothing to say for oneself; have the
say; i dare say; i hear what you say; i
say; i’ll say; it is said that; it says
that; not to say; sooth to say; that’s
what you say; you don’t say so; you
may well say so; you said it)