C

Cake and eat it, to have one’s, [101], [112]

Cake, to take the, [19], [104], [175]

Candles away, all cats grey, [64]

Cap a story, [203]

Cap fits, wear it, if the, [134], [165]

Carpenter known by chips, [172]

Carry coals to Newcastle, [102]

Cart before horse, to put the, [62]

Cast in the teeth, to, [168]

Castles in the air, [64]

Cat after kind, [69]

Cat and dog life, to lead a, [3]

Catch it, to, [6], [28]

Cat may look at a king, [69]

Cat on hot bricks, [64]

Cat’s away, mice will play, [64]

Caught a Tartar, to have, [152]

Chaff, to catch with, [17]

Chalk and cheese, [147]

Chalk it up, [66]

Change not a clout, [28]

Charity begins at home, [62]

Chatterbox, a regular, [36], [166]

Cheats never prosper, [4]

Chip of the old block, [63], [124]

Christmas comes but once a year, [121], [148]

Civility costs nothing, [104], [179]

Claw me, and I’ll claw thee, [181]

Clean as a whistle, [196]

Clean sweep, [217]

Clear as noonday, [71]

Clear as crystal, [207]

Clockwork, like, [54]

Cloud and a silver lining, [189]

Clover, to be in, [78]

Coach-and-four through Act of Parliament, [148]

Coat does not make gentleman, [139]

Cobbler stick to last, let, [161]

Cock and bull story, [78]

Cock of the walk, [78]

Cold shoulder, [33]

Come off cheap, [199]

Come to blows, [233]

Come to the point, [117], [181]

Coming—like Christmas, [169]

Comparisons are odious, [72]

Confession good for soul, [26]

Cost what it may, [86]

Count chickens before hatched, 70, [76], [182]

Cram, [43]

Cramming-shop, [227]

Creaking door hangs long, [47], [192]

Cream of the army, [125]

Crown his misfortune, to, [74], [156]

Crumb and crust, [10]

Cry out before hurt, [16]

Cry over spilt milk, [115]

Curses come home to roost, [20], [155]

Cut coat according to cloth, [45]

Cut ground under feet, [141]

Cut long story short, [165]