in the family way 成语
in the family way
Idiom(s): in a family way AND in the family wayTheme: PREGNANCY
pregnant. (Informal.)
• I've heard that Mrs. Smith is in a family way.
• Our dog is in the family way.
in a/the ancestors way
euphemism Pregnant. Did you apprehend the acceptable news? Kristin is in the ancestors way!Learn more: family, wayin the ancestors way
Pregnant, as in Mary's in the ancestors way again. This aureate announcement dates from the backward 1700s and may be dying out. Learn more: family, wayin the ancestors way
pregnant. informalLearn more: family, wayin the ˈfamily way
(old-fashioned, informal) pregnantLearn more: family, wayin the ancestors way
verbSee in a ancestors wayLearn more: family, wayin the ancestors way
Pregnant.Learn more: family, way
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jump down one's throat jump at the opportunity in the spotlight in the raw in the last analysis in the hot seat in the first instance in the family way in the course of time in shape in one's name in one's blood in one's behalf in the driver's seat in the driving seat in the dumper in the dust in the dust, leave someone in the end in the event in the event of in the event of (something) in the event of something in the event that in the extreme in the eye of in the eye of (something) in the eye of the storm in the eye of the wind in the eyes of in the eyes of (someone) in the eyes of somebody/something in the eyes of the law in the face in the face of in the face of (something) in the face of something in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the firing line in the first flush in the first flush of (something) in the first instance in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the first/top flight in the flesh in the flush of in the flush of (something) in the forefront in the forefront of (something) in the foreseeable future in the form of (someone or something) in the frame in the front line in the front line(s) (of something) in the full flush of (something) in the fullness of time in the future in the game in the gift of in the gift of (someone)
English Vocalbulary
in the figurative sense
in the final analysis
in the first instance
in the first place
in the flesh
in the flue
in the form of...
in the front
in the front of...
in the front rank
in the full conviction that
in the future
in the garb of
in the green tree
in the green wood
in the gripe of
in the groove
in the gross
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