| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| come up with |
think of, compose
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Can you come up with the answer to my question?
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| comeback kid |
an older person who tries to regain his/her former level of success
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He's the comeback kid. At 60, he thinks he can skate and
play the way he used to.
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| comeuppance |
correction, what you deserve, just desert, get yours
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If you've been cruel to people, you'll get your comeuppance.
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| coming out of our ears |
having too many, having too much
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Everybody brought salad. We had salad coming out of our ears!
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| coming out of your yin yang |
having far too many, having far too much, tons
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If we learn all the idioms in this book, we'll have idioms coming out of our yin yang!
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| coming up roses |
doing very well, succeeding,
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Since I met Ty, life is wonderful. Everything's coming up roses!
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| common sense |
the ability to make logical decisions; horse sense
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It is because she has common sense that we ask her opinion.
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| compare notes |
compare what we saw and heard
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We haven't had a chance to compare notes on Pat's wedding.
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| comuppins |
(See comeuppance)
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| conk out |
quit, not work any more, sleep, give out
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The TV conked out just after the movie started.
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