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

come to a pretty pass • come to pass
come to a pretty pass —reach a critical state or an unfortunate
condition: While he was away, things had come to a pretty
pass.
come to pass —(dated) happen; occur: No one knows for sure
how the accident came to pass.
come to grass • go to grass
come to grass —(Mining ) come up to the pit-head: Let us
now watch the men ascending from the mine after work. This
is what they call “coming to grass.”
Note: 
The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase
come off the grass—(Austral. sl.) used as an expression of disbelief
or a plea to stop talking nonsense: Come off the grass, Mary. High
Court judges are not the Alpha and Omega of all wisdom.
go to grass —
1
. (of cattle) graze: The vaccination program for
dairy calves should be completed before they go to grass. 2.
(coll.) fall down; come to the ground: His legs got tangled
and he went to grass, losing the race. 3. (coll.) go on a holiday
or into retirement: A gentleman declared that he might go to
grass with his old canoe. 4. (dated) is used to rudely tell a per-
son to go away and stop being annoying (also: go to grass and
eat hay): She fell into a fit of anger, bidding him to “go to
grass with his invitations.”
come to hand • get out of hand
come to hand —(formal) come within notice: A much supe-
rior illustration of the subject came to hand in a pamphlet en-
titled “A Discourse on Language.”
get out of hand —become beyond control: The training of
police personnel needs a special attention, otherwise I am
afraid the situation will get out of hand.
come to it • go to it
come to it—(also: come to this) reach a state, usually unpleas-
ant: “So John has got to start earning his living?” “We all have
to come to it,” he said with a smile.
go to it—(coll., often imper.) make a special effort; begin
working hard: After dinner we went to it again, carting paints
and easels about.