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can't do right for doing wrongBe in a situation where any course of action leads to a negative outcome.Rate it:

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Can't Fight City HallThe under authority person cannot do anything against an administrative system, there is no way to win the struggle against official procedureRate it:

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Can't Get Blood from a StoneTo be unable of doing impossible things,Rate it:

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can't get enoughTo greatly enjoy; to like a lotRate it:

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can't helpIs unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.Rate it:

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Can't Hit the Side of a BarnTo be unable of hitting the target accurately, to hold horrible planRate it:

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Can't Hold a Candle ToTo be highly inferior, to be substandard in a certain skillRate it:

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can't make ends meetTto earn just enough money to avoid getting into debt.Rate it:

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can't seemSeem to be unable.Rate it:

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can't seemUsed other than as an idiom: see can't, seem.Rate it:

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can't standhateRate it:

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can't waitTo eagerly anticipate; to find it unbearable to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.Rate it:

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cargo-200the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.Rate it:

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carry the canTo take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation.Rate it:

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cash strappedShort of money Limited on the cash you have availableRate it:

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cat and dog lifeUnhappy married life.Rate it:

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cat got someone's tongueWhy are you not saying anything?.Rate it:

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cat's pyjamasThat new car was really the cat's pyjamas.Rate it:

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catch as catch canTo use any available means or methods.Rate it:

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catch someone's driftIf you catch someone's drift (or get someone's drift) it means you understand what they mean; this phrase is used especially when you want to get an idea across to someone but you don't want to exactly speak the words you mean or if you think the listener may be confused about what you meanRate it:

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catch you laterAn informal farewellRate it:

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Catch You LaterTo say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good byeRate it:

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catch you on the flip sideGoodbye, farewell.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canIntermittent; only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.Rate it:

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caught in the actTo be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.Rate it:

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ce mari bat sa femme comme plâtreThat husband beats his wife like a dog.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces (fam.)One does not teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs. Rate it:

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ce n'est pas pour vous que le four chauffeAll these preparations are not for you.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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ce que vous dites n'a pas trait à la questionWhat you say has nothing to do with the question.Rate it:

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ce que vous proposez est bel et bon, mais je n'en ferai rienWhat you propose is all very fine, but I shall do no such thing.Rate it:

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ce sera mon bâton de vieillesseHe will be my support (consolation) in my old age.Rate it:

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ce sont des finesses cousues de fil blancThose tricks are easily found out.Rate it:

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ce sont là de vos traitsThat is just like you.Rate it:

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cela n'est pas du jeu1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.Rate it:

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cela ne vaut pas les quatre fers d'un chienThat is not worth a rap, a fig (i.e., nothing, for a dog is not shod).Rate it:

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cela vous ferait une belle jambe (ironic.)A fine lot of good that will do you.Rate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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center fieldThe defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.Rate it:

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cette place est votre faitThat situation is just the thing for you.Rate it:

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charity begins at homeyou should primarily pay attention to your own family needs, then care to the others.Rate it:

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che sera seraUsed to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.Rate it:

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check yourself before you wreck yourselfConsider the consequences of your actions before you end up in trouble.Rate it:

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cherchez bien, vous brûlezSearch well, you are getting warm.Rate it:

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chestnut(Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a phrase, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.Rate it:

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chip off the old blockSomeone who takes after their parent.Rate it:

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Chip Off the Old BlockA child who shares the same looks, abilities and characteristics as of his parentsRate it:

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chocolate hot doga piece of faecesRate it:

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claw me, claw theeStand by me and I will stand by you.Rate it:

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