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English Idioms :: glad hand
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glssitis.html - {n.}, {informal} A friendly handshake; a warm greeting. * /Father went to the front door to give Uncle Fred the glad hand when he arrived./ * /The politician went down the street on election day giving everyone the glad hand./ |
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English Idioms :: glad rags
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glssitis.html - {n.}, {slang} Clothes worn to parties or on special occasions; best clothes. * /Mrs. Owens put on her glad rags for the party./ Compare: BEST BIB AND TUCKER. |
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English Idioms :: glance
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glssitis.html - See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT. |
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English Idioms :: glance off
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glssitis.html - {v. phr.} To ricochet. * /The bullet glanced off the wall and wounded an innocent bystander./ |
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English Idioms :: glass
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glssitis.html - See: PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES, SAFETY GLASS. |
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English Idioms :: glass jaw
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glssitis.html - {n.}, {slang} The inability of a boxer to get a hard punch on the jaw without being knocked out; a tendency to be knocked out easily. * /He would have been champion except for his glass jaw./ |
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