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]
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]