| Expression | ...may mean any of |
|---|---|
| can't help myself | can't resist temptation |
| can't take a helping of | |
| can't manage without others' help | |
| can: we can fish | we are able to fish |
| we put the fish in the cans | |
| canvas carrier | tote - bag made of canvas |
| easel | |
| guy in the warehouse who carries rolls of canvas | |
| cash drawer open character | the character of the cash drawer is very open |
| the character which opens the cash drawer | |
| the open character of a person who draws cash | |
| make cash on open character of a drawer (person or furniture) | |
| ceiling bank shot | a photograph of a bank on a ceiling |
| the bank on the ceiling being fired at | |
| a bank shot (in pool) hits the ceiling | |
| celebrity shooting competition | shooting competition where celebrities partake |
| competition in shooting at celebrities | |
| cell: if the room is that dark, use your cell as a torch! | if the room is that dark, use your cell phone as a torchlight! |
| if the room is that dark, use your neural cell as a torch and put it on fire! | |
| if the room is that dark, use your prison cell as a flaming torch! | |
| central Florida house | the central house for all of Florida |
| the house in Central Florida | |
| chain mail | wire-knit armor |
| letters you need to forward to n addresses | |
| change into ~ | undress and don ~ instead |
| become ~ | |
| check card holds | amount held by a check card |
| amount temporarily withdrawn from a check card until transaction goes through | |
| check in a box | a cheque in a rectangular container |
| checkmark in a drawn square | |
| cheese sticks | sticks made of cheese |
| the cheese does stick | |
| Christmas spiced ale | spiced ale served for Christmas |
| Christmas did spice the ale | |
| ale with a Christmas spice | |
| cider house rules | the rules of the cider house |
| the cider house does rule | |
| cider house draws parallel lines | |
| city market donuts | donuts, such as on a city market |
| market donuts, such as in a city | |
| client building | building which is a client (Example: "I had a client building an advanced network security application designed to prevent denial of service attacks." - unclear until 4-5 words later) |
| client is building | |
| client's building | |
| the client is a building | |
| coach: robbing stage coaches | robbing the postal wagons |
| robbing the theatrical trainers | |
| the theatrical trainers who rob | |
| cold medicine | a drug against flu |
| drug served cold | |
| medicine as a cool, unbiased science | |
| collegiate grill cover | collegiate tarp for a grill |
| someone's rendition of a song named "collegiate grill" | |
| tarp for a barbecue with a posh college's logo | |
| communicate to file servers and network printers using the protocol. | communicate to file servers and network printers by means of the protocol. |
| communicate to file servers and network printers which use the protocol. | |
| tell file servers and network printers that they should use a protocol. | |
| concrete case | not general case |
| chest made of concrete | |
| confuse A with B | fail to discern between A and B |
| use B to cause confusion in A | |
| confuse them with the facts | use the facts to sow confusion among these guys |
| mistake these for facts | |
| cooking light | light above the stove |
| light used for cooking | |
| light which cooks | |
| the cooking of light food (not heavy) | |
| the cooking of the light | |
| the practice of not-so-heavy cuisine | |
| current conditions | the situation about the currents |
| electricity related conditions | |
| conditions at the moment | |
| curtains for windows | draperies to hang on wall openings |
| software support for Windows (95/NT4.0/...) stops | |
| software called "curtains", Windows version | |
| custom size problem | end-user tailored size is a problem |
| nonstandard size is a problem | |
| the size of the custom is a problem | |
| problem whose size is customary | |
| the problem of the customized dimensioning |