C Series

Question 1

Call a spade a

spade

Answer 1

Straight talking.

When discussing the options it is
best to call a spade a spade to
avoid confusion.

Question 2

Call to mind

Answer 2

Recall, remember.

Your story called to mind
something that happened to me
several years ago

Question 3

Calm before the

storm

Answer 3

A quiet period before a period of

great activity.

Question 4

Cannot have
one’s cake and
eat it too

Answer 4

Cannot have things both ways.

Question 5

Cannot make
head or tail out of
it (make neither
head nor tail of)

Answer 5

Cannot understand

Question 6

Carpeted

Answer 6

Rebuked, told off

Question 7

Carried away

Answer 7

Over excited.

Question 8

Carry the can

Answer 8

Be blamed.

Question 9

Carry the day

Answer 9

Succeed; to be successful; to

win.

Question 10

Carry weight

Answer 10

To be influential.

Question 11

Cat is out of the

bag

Answer 11

A secret revealed.

Question 12

Catch 22

Answer 12

Refers to a situation where there
is no possible solution because
of conflicting conditions.

Question 13

Caught red

handed

Answer 13

Caught in the act of doing

something wrong.

Question 14

Chance one’s

arm

Answer 14

To take a risk

Question 15

Cheek by jowl

Answer 15

Side by side; close together.

Question 16

Chew the fat

Answer 16

Talk

Question 17

Child’s play

Answer 17

Easy, something very easy to

do.

Question 18

Chip off the old

block

Answer 18

Like his father; A son who
behaves or resembles his
father.

Question 19

Chip on the

shoulder

Answer 19

Perceived grievance or sense of

inferiority.

Question 20

Clapped out

Answer 20

Poor condition.

Question 21

Clean as a

whistle

Answer 21

Very clean.

Question 22

Clear off

Answer 22

Leave; Informal to go away.

Question 23

Clear out

Answer 23

Collect and dispose of unwanted

things. Make space

Question 24

Close to the

bone

Answer 24

Offensively honest.

Question 25

Cloud nine

Answer 25

A state of great happiness.

Question 26

Cold feet

Answer 26

Lack of courage or confidence.

Question 27

Clutching at

straws

Answer 27

Depend on something that

cannot help

Question 28

Cock and bull

story

Answer 28

A lie.

Question 29

Cold blooded

Answer 29

Without emotion; deliberately

cruel.

Question 30

Come to an end

Answer 30

Finish.

Question 31

Come up to

scratch

Answer 31

Reach an acceptable standard

or quality.

Question 32

Come around

Answer 32

To visit.
Agree
Regain consciousness

Question 33

Come a cropper

Answer 33

Fail; fall

Question 34

Come to blows

almost

Answer 34

Fight, physical violence.

Question 35

Come to grief

Answer 35

The result of a disaster.

Question 36

Come (brought)

to light

Answer 36

Become apparent

Question 37

Come to pass

Answer 37

To take place; to happen.

Question 38

Crocodile tears

Answer 38

Insincere display of grief (false

tears).

Question 39

Crying for the

moon

Answer 39

To make impossible demands or
have expectations that cannot
be met.

Question 40

Crying over spilt

milk

Answer 40

To regret something after it has

happened.

Question 41

Cry wolf

Answer 41

Raise a false alarm or express

concerns without foundation.

Question 42

Curry favour

Answer 42

Try to achieve favour

Question 43

Cut a sorry figure

Answer 43

Make a poor impression.

Question 44

Cut and run

Answer 44

To evade a difficult situation by

leaving suddenly.

Question 45

Cut to the quick

Answer 45

To upset someone.