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Traditional English :: sialogogue
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siatic.html - n. & adj. --n. a medicine inducing the flow of saliva. --adj. inducing such a flow. [F f. Gk sialon saliva + agogos leading] |
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Traditional English :: siamang
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siatic.html - n.
a large black gibbon, Hylobates syndactylus, native to Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. [Malay] |
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Traditional English :: Siamese
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siatic.html - n. & adj. --n. (pl. same)
1 a a native of Siam (now Thailand) in SE Asia. b the language of Siam.
2 (in full Siamese cat) a a cat of a cream-coloured short-haired breed with a brown face and ears and blue eyes. b this breed. --adj. of or concerning Siam, its people, or language. Siamese twins 1 twins joined at any part of the body and sometimes sharing organs etc.
2 any closely associated pair. |
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English Idioms :: sick
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siatic.html - See: TAKE ILL or TAKE SICK. |
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English Idioms :: sick and tired
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siatic.html - {adj.} 1. Feeling strong dislike for something repeated or continued too long; exasperated; annoyed. * /Jane was sick and tired of always having to wait for Bill, so when he didn't arrive on time she left without him./ * /John is sick and tired of having his studies interrupted./ * /I've been studying all day, and I'm sick and tired of it./ Compare: FED UP. |
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English Idioms :: side
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siatic.html - See: CHOOSE UP SIDES, FROM SIDE TO SIDE, GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE or GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL, LAUGH ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH, ON ONE'S BAD SIDE, ON ONE'S GOOD SIDE, ON THE SIDE, SUNNY-SIDE UP, TAKE SIDES, THORN IN THE FLESH or THORN IN THE SIDE. |
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