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cheapskate
A selfish or stingy person; a person who will not spend much. An insulting term.
None of the girls like to go out on a date with him because he is a cheapskate.
cheat on someone
To be unfaithful (to one's wife or husband, or to one's sweetheart or fiancee).
It is rumored that Joe cheats on his wife.
cheesecake
A showing of the legs of an attractive woman or a display of her breasts as in certain magazines known as cheesecake magazines.
Photographer to model: "Give us some cheesecake in that pose!"
cherry farm
A correctional institution of minimal security where the inmates, mostly first offenders, work as farmhands.
Joe got a light sentence and was sent to a cherry farm for six months.
chew the fat
chew the rag
To talk together in an idle, friendly fashion; chat.
The old man would chew the rag for hours with anyone who would join him.
We used to meet after work, and chew the fat over coffee and doughnuts.
chicken and egg situation
Ситуация, когда трудно понять, что является причиной а что следствием.
I do not know if I should buy a new computer so I can make some money with it or make some money first and then buy a new computer. It is a chicken and egg situation.
Я не знаю, стоит ли мне купить новый компьютер, чтобы была возможность заработать с его помощью денег, или мне нужно сначала заработать денег, а потом уже покупать компьютер. Это как с курицей и яйцом.
chicken-brained
Stupid; narrow-minded; unimaginative.
I can't understand how a bright woman like Helen can date such a chicken-brained guy as Oliver.
chicken-hearted
Cowardly; excessively timid.
"Come on, let's get on that roller coaster," she cried. "Don't be so chicken-hearted."