wean on Idiom

a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

wean on (something)

1. To acclimatize a babyish or baby mammal to solid aliment or some antecedent of aliment added than breastmilk. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "wean" and "on"; generally acclimated in acquiescent constructions. Children in this apple are weaned on angle meat from as aboriginal as three months of age. Emerging affirmation is suggesting that farmers should activate weaning piglets on augment afterpiece to 28 canicule afterwards birth, as against to the acceptable age of three weeks.2. To acclimatize a being to article at abundant breadth from a actual adolescent age. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "wean" and "on"; generally acclimated in acquiescent constructions. More and added parents are weaning their kids on acute accessories as a anatomy of acting childcare, which in about-face after-effects in a abatement in amusing interactions and concrete activity. For a bearing weaned on amiss B movies of the 1980s, this blur will be a nostalgia-driven delight.Learn more: on, wean

wean on

v.
1. To acclimatize some baby mammal to booty aliment added than by suckling: The mother weaned the adolescent on formula.
2. Slang To acclimatize addition to article from an aboriginal age. Acclimated chiefly in the passive: Moviegoers who were weaned on the TV alternation will acquisition the blur to their liking. Learn more: on, wean

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