catch a cold

catch a cold

To become ill with the common cold. My sister's been sick all week, and now I think I've caught a cold from her. I hate going to the doctor's office—I always seem to catch a cold after being around all those germs!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

catch a cold (or catch cold)

1 become infected with a cold. 2 encounter trouble or difficulties, especially financial ones. informal
2 2001 Financial Times Most observers expect house prices to rise…depending on whether the UK economy continues to grow smoothly or whether it catches a cold from the US.
See also: catch, cold
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • take cold
  • take (one's) death (of cold)
  • catch (one's) death (of cold)
  • catch death
  • catch one's death (of cold)
  • catch your death
  • you'll catch your death of cold
  • grow cold
  • the common cold
  • cold one
References in periodicals archive
citizens aged 65 and older, those who took two capsules of Cold-fx every day for four months were half as likely to catch a cold as those who were given a placebo.
Un-catching colds: do popular remedies work?
Catch a cold, on the other hand, and the protective armor seems to fall away quickly.
Long-term immunity isn't always beneficial
Dryness of the air due to central heating causes drying of the mucous membranes, making it easier to catch a cold.
Myths and Facts About The Common Cold
You catch a cold when you are in a place where one of these cold viruses is living.
So you can catch a cold virus by touching something that someone with a cold has touched or coughed or sneezed on.
My mother thinks that just because I sneeze I am catching a cold. Is that true? How do you catch a cold?