Idioms

catch-22
a situation which contradicts itself, a paradoxical situation
It was a catch-22 situation. If I went to work there would be problems but if I did not go to work there would also be problems.

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  • catch-as-catch-can
  • caught in the crossfire
  • caught in the middle
  • caught short
  • caught unaware
  • cause a stir
  • cause eyebrows to raise
  • cause tongues to wag
  • cave in (to someone or something)
  • chalk (something) up to (something)
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  • regular as clockwork
  • put (someone) up or put up (someone)
  • settle for (something)
  • on cloud nine
  • nose about
  • (not to be) sneezed at
  • have a vested interest in (something)
  • more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • (not) hear of (something)
  • cast one's lot in with (someone)


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