like a kid with a new toy Idiom, Proverb
toy with
not be serious about me, not take me seriously I love her, but she's just toying with me - playing with me.
awning over the toy shop
male beer belly
toy
1. a poor or beginner graffiti artist
2. to purposefully write over another graffiti artists work (toy someone out)
3. a sucker
4. short for Trouble On Your System
Throw your toys out of the pram
To make an angry protest against a relatively minor problem, in the process embarrassing the protester. The analogy is with a baby who throws toys out of the pram in order to get their parent to pay attention to them. The implication in the idiom is that the protester is acting like a baby.
toy with an idea|idea|toy|toy with the idea
v. phr. To consider an idea or an offer periodically without coming to a decision.
He was toying with the idea of accepting the company's offer of the vice presidency in Tokyo, but he was unable to decide.like a kid with a new toy
Excessively aflame about or bedeviled on something, about article new one has acquired. Janet's like a kid with a new toy whenever she upgrades her phone—she's been there bribery with it all day long. Would you abdicate messing about with the controls of the car—you're like a kid with a new toy!Learn more: kid, like, new, toylike a kid with a new toy
Fig. actual pleased; appropriately arena with something. Every time Bill gets a new apparatus for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy. Jane is captivated in that computer. Just like a kid with a new toy.Learn more: kid, like, new, toy