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[commission] See: IN COMMISSION or INTO COMMISSION, OUT OF COMMISSION.

[common] See: IN COMMON.

[common as an old shoe]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. •/Although Mr. Jones ran a large business, he was common as an old shoe./ •/The most famous people are sometimes as common as an old shoe./

[common ground]{n.} Shared beliefs, interests, or ways of understanding; ways in which people are alike. •/Bob and Frank don’t like each other because they have no common ground./ •/The only common ground between us is that we went to the same school./ Compare: IN COMMON.

[common touch]{n.} The ability to be a friend of the people; friendly manner with everyone. •/Voters like a candidate who has the common touch./

[company] See: KEEP COMPANY, PART COMPANY.

[company man]{n.}, {informal} A worker who always agrees with management rather than labor. — Usually used to express dislike or disapproval. •/Joe was a company man and refused to take a part in the strike./ Compare: YES-MAN.

[compare notes]{v. phr.}, {informal} To exchange thoughts or ideas about something; discuss together. •/Mother and Mrs. Barker like to compare notes about cooking./

[compliment] See: RETURN THE COMPLIMENT.

[conclusion] See: JUMP TO A CONCLUSION.

[condition] See: IN SHAPE or IN CONDITION, IN THE PINK or IN THE PINK OF CONDITION, ON CONDITION THAT, OUT OF SHAPE or OUT OF CONDITION.

[conference] See: PRESS CONFERENCE.

[congregate housing]{n.}, {informal} A form of housing for elderly persons in which dining facilities and services are shared in multiple dwelling units. •/Jerry put Grandma in a place where they have congregate housing./

[conk out]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To fall asleep suddenly with great fatigue or after having drunk too much. •/We conked out right after the guests had left./

[consent] See: SILENCE GIVES CONSENT.

[consequence] See: IN CONSEQUENCE, IN CONSEQUENCE OF.

[consideration] See: IN CONSIDERATION OF.

[consumer goods] or [consumer items] {n.} Food and manufactured things that people buy for their own use. •/In time of war, the supply of consumer goods is greatly reduced./

[content] See: TO ONE’S HEART’S CONTENT.

[contention] See: BONE OF CONTENTION.

[contrary] See: ON THE CONTRARY, TO THE CONTRARY.

[control room]{n.} A room containing the panels and switches used to control something (like a TV broadcast). •/While a television program is on the air, engineers are at their places in the control room./

[control tower]{n.} A tower with large windows and a good view of an airport so that the traffic of airplanes can be seen and controlled, usually by radio. •/We could see the lights at the control tower as our plane landed during the night./

[conversation] See: MAKE CONVERSATION.

[conversation piece]{n.} Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange. •/Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece./