The phrase "a case of the cold" is not correct in standard English.
The correct expression is "a case of the common cold," which refers to an instance of having a cold illness.
Example: "After spending the weekend in the rain, I think I've caught a case of the common cold."
Alternatives: "a cold" or "the common cold."
Colds caused by influenza, acute bronchitis developing from a case of the common cold, and upper respiratory tract infection caused by bacteria were excluded.
A good number of his photos channel Hitchcock's Vertigo, and are visually potent enough to throw anyone with a fear of heights (me) into a mild case of the cold sweats.
I don't know a single GP who doesn't charge for a full exam for a cold or a case of the flu".
It is the hour to unite and change our future, the future of our children — and the future of this country!" And every weekend, at a small table behind the newspapers and a case of cold sodas, a trickle of newly minted citizens are doing just that — not in numbers large enough to constitute a voting bloc, but enough to make politicians take notice.
If you spent your teens listening to You Forgot It in People (present and accounted for), grab the Kleenex and a case of cold beer and get ready to use plenty of both, baby.
On hot nights, after we had cleaned up, we drove down to the breakwater at Hyannisport with a case of cold beer in quart bottles and went for a swim.
Yet now that results from tests aligned to these standards are showing just how many students are not on track for college, the public backlash against the tests seems to have given Obama and Duncan a case of cold feet.
The next day, when all hope of completing the mission seems lost, the scrounge comes rolling up in a freshly repainted jeep, full rations, ammo, and, stereotypically, a case of cold beer.
Perhaps it was Avicii's retirement, but it seems organizers may have gotten a case of cold feet.
All it will take is for one person unknowingly infected with H5N1 by a diseased butchered bird to sit on a bench beside someone with a bad case of the human cold and what could emerge is a recombined bird flu virus with the ability to spread around the world at the speed of a sneeze.
For those who do not have design in their blood it's a case of cold-calling and shadowing.
