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Traditional English :: namby-pamby
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namble.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 lacking vigour or drive; weak.
2 insipidly pretty or sentimental. --n. (pl. -ies)
1 a namby-pamby person.
2 namby-pamby talk. [fanciful formulation on name of Ambrose Philips, Engl. pastoral writer d. 1749] |
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English Idioms :: name
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namble.html - See: CALL NAMES, HANDLE TO ONE'S NAME, IN NAME, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN, TO ONE'S NAME. |
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English Idioms :: name calling
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namble.html - See: CALL NAMES. |
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English Idioms :: name day
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namble.html - {n.} The day of the saint for whom a person is named. * /Lawrence's name day is August 10, the feast of St. Lawrence./ |
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English Idioms :: name is mud
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namble.html - {informal} (You) are in trouble; a person is blamed or no longer liked. - Used in the possessive. * /If you tell your mother I spilled ink on her rug my name will be mud./ * /Your name will be mud if you tell the teacher about the bad thing we did./ Compare: IN THE DOG HOUSE. |
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English Idioms :: name of the game
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namble.html - {n.}, {informal} The crux of the matter; that which actually occurs under the disguise of something else. * /Getting medium income families to support the rest of society - that's the name of the game!/ |
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