| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| c'est la vie |
that is fate, that's life
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If you have bad luck some days, it's natural. C'est la vie!
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| Cabbagetown |
a district in Toronto where European immigrants live
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Restaurants in Cabbagetown serve European food.
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| cabin fever |
feeling depressed because you have to stay inside
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After three weeks of cold weather we all had cabin fever.
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| cackleberries |
eggs, chicken eggs
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Look! This hen laid five cackleberries!
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| call a spade a spade |
say it in plain language; the straight goods
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Kris will report the facts. She's not afraid to call a spade a spade.
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| call attention to |
ask you to read or notice, draw attention to
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I would like to call attention to the student parking problem.
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| call for |
require, ask for
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This recipe calls for bee pollen. Where can we get that?
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| call his bluff |
challenge his story, give it to me straight, put up or shut up
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When I called his bluff about low profits, he admitted that the company made 11 million.
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| call into account |
consider, factor in, reckon with, account for
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If you want to go to Ottawa on the first of July, you have to call holiday traffic into account.
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| call it a day |
not work anymore today, call it quits
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I'm feeling very tired. I think I'll call it a day.
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