Idioms starting with C/D

English

Not quite remember

I easily remember

Crocodile tears

To pretend to be sad about something, but not really sad at all

Cool as a cucumber

Very calm and showing control, especially in a difficult situation

Can't make head nor/or tail of something

To be unable to understand something

Cut somebody some slack

To be less critical of somebody or less strict with them

Cut corners

To do something in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving something out

Cut a long story short

Used when you are saying that you will get to the point of what you are saying quickly, without including all the details

Cross the line

To do something that is not considered to be acceptable behaviour

Draw the short straw

To be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task

Depart this life

To die

Dead to the world

In a deep sleep

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