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flap jaw Idioma

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

win when it appears that you will lose, mount a comeback The opinion polls showed we were losing, but we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

jawn

1. another word for joint, a marijuana cigarette
2. any type of thing, as in;"Yo, check this jawn out"

whockerjawed

damaged, jammed, or out of alignment

whopperjawed

out of place, crooked: "That looks whopperjawed"

have a glass jaw

Idiom(s): have a glass jaw

Theme: VULNERABILITY

to be susceptible to collapsing when struck on the head. (Informal. Said only of boxers who are frequently knocked down by a blow to the head.)
• When the prizefighter was knocked out in his third fight, the newspapers said he had a glass jaw.
• Once a fighter has a glass jaw, he's finished as a boxer.

glass jaw|glass|jaw

n., slang The inability of a boxer to get a hard punch on the jaw without being knocked out; a tendency to be knocked out easily. He would have been champion except for his glass jaw.

jaw drop|drop|jaw|jaw drop a mile|mile

informal Mouth fall wide open with surprise.

Used with a possessive. Tom's jaw dropped a mile when he won the prize.

jawbreaker

n. 1. A large piece of hard candy or bubblegum. Billy asked his mother for a quarter to buy some jawbreakers and a chocolate bar. 2.

jaws tight|jaw|jaws|tight

adj., slang, informal Angry; uptight; tense. Why are you getting your jaws so tight?

flap-jaw

1. Someone decumbent to talking a lot or at length. Good luck accepting out of here—Aunt Louise is a absolute flap-jaw and could calmly babble to you for an hour.2. Someone who too readily shares information, abnormally that which is clandestine or confidential. Some flap-jaw has been talking to the columnist about our new product. Needless to say, if I acquisition out who it is, they will be accursed on the spot. If you've got a secret, don't acquaint it to a flap-jaw like Marty!

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