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, ! – So, that’s what you want!
! – So that’s it!
! – Please, God!
! – Zool!
! – Of course! Certainly! Sure!
! – All the more so!
! – Alas!
Copy-book maxims
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: Not to kill and not to steal are the copy-book maxims
Copycat
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: Bill is such a copycat. He bought a coat just like mine.
Cost a pretty penny
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: I’ll bet that diamond cost a pretty penny.
Cost an arm and a leg
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: Why should a little plastic part cost an arm and a leg?
Cough something up
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: Bill had to cough up forty dollars to pay for the broken window.
Could do with someone or something
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: This house could do with some cleaning up.
Count noses
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: Everyone is here. Let’s count noses so we can order hamburgers.
Cover a lot of ground /cover a lot of territory
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: My car can cover a lot of ground in one day.
Cover for someone
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: If I miss class, please cover for me.
Cozy up (to someone)
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: Look at that lawyer cozying up to the judge!
Crack a book
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: If you think you can get through college without cracking a book, you’re wrong.
Crack a joke
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: She’s never serious. She’s always cracking jokes.
Crack a smile
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: The soldier cracked a smile at the wrong time and had to march for an hour as punishment.
Crack a smile
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: On seeing me Joshua cracked a smile.
Crank something out
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: That factory keeps cranking out cars even though no one buys them.
Crazy as a betsy bug
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: Ever since his w ife le ft him, Joe’s been ac ting as crazy as a betsy bug.
Crazy as a peach-orchard boar
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: What’s wrong with Jim? He’s acting as crazy as a peach-orchard boar.
Cream of the crop
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: This particular car is the cream of the crop.
Create an uproar / make an uproar
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: The dog got into church and made an uproar.
Crooked as a barrel of fishhooks
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: Don’t play cards with him. He’s as crooked as a barrel of fishhooks.
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