no no, a Idioma

a babe in arms

a baby, a child who is still wet behind the ears Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada.

a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bad time

a lot of teasing, a rough time The class gave him a bad time about his pink shorts.

a ball-park figure

"a number that is near the total; approximate figure" Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's close to our class size.

a bar fly

a person who often goes to bars or lounges Every evening Penny goes to Lucifer's. She's quite a bar fly.

a bar star

a girl who goes to bars to drink and find friends Lola was known as a bar star at Pinky's Lounge.

a bare-faced lie

a deliberate lie, a planned lie His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.

a barnburner

an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When the Flames play the Oilers it's a barnburner - a great game.

a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

a no-no

Something, about an action, that is abhorrent or prohibited. If you're aggravating to become accompany with this woman, criticizing her appearance of parenting is a no-no. Talking in the average of a Broadway comedy is a absolute no-no.

a ˈno-no

(informal) a affair or a way of behaving that is not adequate in a accurate situation: Women cutting trousers acclimated to be a bit of a no-no, but now it’s absolutely normal.

no-no

(ˈnono) n. article that is not (to be) done. (Essentially juvenile.) She seems to contentment in accomplishing all the no-nos.

no-no, a

A prohibition or taboo; article that is banned or at atomic discouraged. The appellation dates from the mid-1900s and was affected in the backward 1960s in a television show, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. Danielle and John Kinkel acclimated it in the Boston Globe (Feb. 24, 2005) in a allotment about the curtailment of Roman Catholic priests: “First, anybody knows that aldermanic women is a apostolic boycott and will not be acted aloft in the abreast future.”

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a babe in the woods a bad taste in my mouth a bad time a ball-park figure a bar fly a bar star a bare-faced lie a barnburner a barrel of laughs a basket case a bawling out a bed of roses a bee in her bonnet a big rig a big shot a big wheel a big wig