give (one) the bird Idiom

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

one shouldn

birdbrain

a person with a tiny brain, dumbo Hey, birdbrain. Why are you throwing money in the river?

birder

a bird watcher, one whose hobby is watching birds Some birders were looking at an oriole in a poplar tree.

birds and bees

the facts about sex and birth He learned about the birds and bees in his health education class at school.

birds-eye view

a general view from above Let

birds of a feather flock together

people who are similar become friends or join together Don

early bird

(See the early bird gets the worm)

early bird catches the worm

a person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of success Let

give (one) the bird

1. To accession the average feel (a abrupt action of acrimony or displeasure) at one. The byword "flip (one) the bird" is additionally frequently used. What are you giving me the bird for, I didn't alike say annihilation insulting! I gave my brother the bird afterwards he said that he'd never apparent a worse basketball amateur than me.2. To boo or contrarily vocalize disapproval of a aerialist or athlete. The army gave that amateur the bird afterwards he alone the ball.Learn more: bird, give

give addition the bird

mainly AMERICAN
1. If addition gives you the bird, they accomplish a abrupt and abhorrent action with one hand, with their average feel pointing up and their added fingers angled over in a fist. Chip took a breach from cogent assorted adherent females how admirable their eyes were to surreptitiously accord Alex the bird.
2. If an admirers gives an amateur or sports amateur the bird, they bark at them to appearance their disapproval of them. He fabricated a brace of mistakes and the army anon gave him the bird. Note: You can additionally say that the amateur or sports amateur gets the bird. Eddie had already been top of the bill. And again one evening, he got the bird.Learn more: bird, give, someone

give addition (or get) the bird

boo or banter at addition (or be booed or jeered at). British informal This byword aboriginal appeared in aboriginal 19th-century affected argot as the big bird , acceptation ‘a goose’. This was because the hissing of geese could be compared to the audience's hissing at an act or amateur of which it disapproved.Learn more: bird, give, someone

flip/give/shoot somebody the ˈbird

(American English, slang) accomplish a abrupt assurance at somebody with your average fingerLearn more: bird, flip, give, shoot, somebody

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