American

to wait for something bad to happen.

Once a company starts laying of employees, those who are still working feel they are waiting for the other shoe to drop.

• cool customer
• cool down
• cool head
• cool heels
• Cool it!
• cool it
• cool your heels
• cop a feel
• cop a plea
• cop it sweet
• copper-bottomed
• cop some z's
• cordon bleu
• corner the market
• corridors of power
• cost an arm and a leg
• cost a pretty penny
• cost dear
• cost someone an arm and a leg
• cost someone a pretty penny
• cost someone dear
• cotton-picking
• cotton to
• cotton to someone
• cotton to something