Posts Tagged ‘C’
Christmas lights
Christmas lights – decorative lights in a town or city put up for the Christmas season
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a Christmas box – a Christmas present/gift of money
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Father Christmas – the name for Santa Claus in the UK
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to look or have the feel of Christmas
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a (Christmas) cracker – a cardboard tube containing a gift which bangs when pulled apart
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a white Christmas – Christmas when there is snow on the ground
Read Morechickens come home to roost
chickens come home to roost bad or embarrassing things done in the past by someone are now causing that person problems Sam knew, when she prepared them, that the budget figures weren’t accurate, and now her chickens are coming home to roost! find out more about this word or phrase
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chicken feed
cat among the pigeons
cat among the pigeons – to cause trouble by doing something controversial
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