Significado: a drowning man grasps at a straw

aquel que se ahoga se aferra hasta de una paja (una persona desesperada intentará cualquier cosa)

manners maketh man Idioma

a kept woman

a woman who is paid to live with a man I'm tired of being a kept woman. I want to be free of him.

a man of few words

"a man who says little; who uses few words" Chung is a man of few words, but when he speaks, people listen.

a man of the cloth

a minister, a priest, a clergyman Being a man of the cloth, he has studied the Bible.

a marked man

a person known for political beliefs or criminal acts When they discovered I had been a Nazi, I was a marked man.

bottle man

a man who finds bottles in garbage cans or dumpsters The bottle man walked down the alley pushing a cart full of junk.

chain of command

order of those in power, line of authority If you are a lieutenant, the chain of command goes up and down.

chairman of the boards (hockey)

a player who controls play along the boards In the 1970s Doug was chairman of the boards for the Hawks.

company man

a person who always works hard and agrees with his employees My father was a true company man and was always putting in an extra effort for his company.

crack shot/salesman etc.

a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He's excellent.

dog in the manger

a person who will not share something he does not use or need He's a dog in the manger about his office space. He doesn't use it, but he won't let us have it.

manners maketh man

A acceptable man has a able faculty of morality. This byword is about attributed to 14th-century abbey William of Wykeham. To apprehend that so abounding of our acceptance intervened to stop this abomination restores my acceptance in the adolescence of the world. Manners maketh man, you know.Learn more: maketh, man, manner

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