| Idioms | Meaning |
| Call for | To demand (answer, explanation) माग करना |
| Call forth | To produce a reaction (कई प्रतिक्रिया पैदा करना) |
| Call in | To summon ( भीतर बुलाना) |
| Call off an event (passive) | To cancel, abandon (रद्द करना, प्रकिया को रोक देना ) |
| Call on | To pay a visit (जाकर मुलाकात करना) |
| Call up | To recall (याद करना) |
| Call upon/on | To invite to do something (कुछ करने या बोलने के लिए आमंत्रित करना) |
| Call on | To Visit (मिलने जाना) |
| Capital punishment | Death penalty (मृत्युदंड) |
| Carried the day | Won (विजयी होना) |
| Carry out | To complete or fulfill, To execute (किसी कार्य या आदेश को पुरा करना) |
| Cast aside | Ignore as useless (बेकार समझकर ध्यान न देना) |
| Cast down | Depressed (निराश होना) |
| Catch on | To become popular (लोकप्रिय होना) |
| Catch up (with) | To stop being behind (बराबरी पर आ जाना) |
| Chance upon | To meet by chance (आचानक मिल जाना) |
| Cheek by jowl | Very near (बहुत पास में) |
| Chicken hearted | Cowardly (कायर, डरपोक) |
| Clear of | To free from blame (आरोप मुक्त करना) |
| Close fisted person | Miserly person (कंजूस व्यक्ति ) |
| Close shave | Narrow escape (बाल-बाल बचना) |
| Close with | To fight युद्व करना (शत्रु से) |
| Cut to the quick | Hurt extremely (बहुत अधिक दु:ख पहुंचाना) |
| Come about | To happen (घटित होना) |
| Come across | To find (unexpectedly) or meet by chance (अचानक मिल जाना) |
| Come forward | To offer help (सहायता के लिए आगे आना) |
| Come in for | To receive (criticism, blame) सामना करना |
| Come of with flying colours | To get a grand success (शानदार सफलता प्राप्त करना) |
| Come off | To take place successfully (सफल होना) |
| Come round | To accept someone’s opinion (दूसरे की बात मानकर विचार बदल लेना) |
| Come through | To complete successfully (फलतापूर्वक पूर करना) |
| Come up | Rising in status (हैसियत बढ़ना) |
| Count on | To depend on, To rely on (विश्वास करना या निर्भर रहना) |
| Crocodile tears | False show of grief (दुख का झूठा दिखावा) |
| Crop up | To happen unexpectedly (problem) (अचानक प्रकट होना) |
| Cry for the moon | An unattainable ambition (न पूरी होने वाला सपना) |
| Cry out | To shout (चिल्लाना) |
| Cut above | Superior (बेहतर होना) |
| Cut no ice | To make no effect (बेअसर होना) |
| Cut out for | To be suitable for (कटौती करना) |
| Cut out | Specially suitable (विशेष रूप से योग्य होना) |
| Carry the coal to newcastle | Spending time and energy in doing something that is useless and wastage of energy. (बे-वजह मेहनत करना) |
| Cast pearls before swine | A right thing in a wrong hand. (किस वस्तु ऐसे व्यक्ति को देना जो उसका मूल्य न समझे) |
| Castles in the air | Day dream/ a hope or desire unlikely to be realized. (हवाई किला बनाना / ख्याली पुलाऊ बनाना) |
| Cat and dog life | Troublesome life. (कलहपूर्ण जीवन) |
| Catch a tartar | To grapple with a unexpectedly formidable opponent. (बहुत बड़ी परेशानी से सामना करना) |
| Cat’s paw | A person used by another as a dupe or tool. (निजी स्वार्थ के पूर्ति में जिस व्यक्ति का प्रयोग किया जाय ) |
| Chew the cud | To ponder over/meditate. (मनन करना) |
| Chicken hearted | Lacking courage / cowardly. (कायर) |
| Cock-and-bull story | A concocted story. (मनगढ़ंत कहानी) |
| Cross swords | To quarrel or fight. (लड़ना) |
| Cry over spilled milk | Regret in vain for what cannot be undone. (व्यर्थ पछताना) |
| Cut a sorry figure | To give a poor show. (अपने प्रयास से तनिक भी प्रभाव न छोड़ना) |
| Cut both ways | Argue in favour of both sides. (दोनों ही पार्टी के पक्ष में तर्क करना) |
| Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth | To live within one’s means (अपनी आय के अनुसार व्यय करना) |
| Call a spade and spade | to be frank (मुंहफट बात करना) |
| Call names | to abuse (गाली देना) |
| Carrot and stick policy | reward and punishment policy (इनाम और सजा की पाँलिसी) |
| Carry matters with a high hand | to deal with a person strictly (सख्ती से निपटना) |
| Cave in | yield (झुक जाना) |
| Chapter and verse | in full detail (पूर्ण विवरण के साथ) |
| Clinch the issue | to clear the controversy (विवाद ख़त्म करना) |
| Cloven hoof | symbol of disgrace or evil intention, (शैतानी इरादों का प्रतीक) |
| Cock a snook | to show impudent contempt (असम्मान प्रकट करना) |
| Cock sure | very sure and certain (सुनिश्चित होना) |
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