Significato: a girl in every port

una donna in ogni porto

gir Idioma

girl Friday

girl employee who does a variety of office jobs Jan is our girl Friday. She does the important jobs in our office.

sweater girl

girl with big breasts who wears a tight sweater Jody was the sweater girl in our class. She was sexy.

that a boy/that a girl

good work, well done, 'at a boy, 'at a girl "Whenever I get a good grade, she says, ""That a boy, Reid!"""

big girl's blouse

derogatory term for a feeble and ineffectual soft person

dude-girl

a girl or woman, usually one whose name you do not know:"Check out dude-girl in the red dress"

fly girl

1. a woman who goes to lots of parties
2. see also fly your color

homegirl

female equivalent of homeboy

you go girl

1. an exclamation of praise; great job; right on; "I just aced my bio exam. You go girl!"
2. phrase of encouragement, used alone

gird one's loins

Idiom(s): gird (up) one's loins

Theme: PREPARATION

to get ready; to prepare oneself (for something).
• Well, I guess I had better gird up my loins and go to work.
• Somebody has to do something about the problem. Why don't you gird your loins and do something?

call girl|call|girl

n., slang A prostitute catering to wealthy clientele, especially one who is contacted by telephone for an appointment. Rush Street is full of call girls.

cover girl|cover|girl

n. A pretty girl or woman whose picture is put on the cover of a magazine. Ann is not a cover girl, but she is pretty enough to be.

gird one's loins|gird|loins

v. phr., literary To prepare for action; get ready for a struggle or hard work. David girded up his loins and went out to meet the giant Goliath. Seniors must gird their loins for the battles of life.

girl Friday|Friday|girl

n. A very dependable and helpful female office worker; especially a secretary. Miss Johnson is the manager's girl Friday. There was an advertisement in the newspaper for a girl Friday.

girl friend|friend|girl

n., informal 1. A female friend or companion. Jane is spending the night at her girlfriend's house. 2. A boy's steady girl; the girl or woman partner in a love affair; girl; sweetheart. John is taking his girl friend to the dance.
Antonym: BOYFRIEND.

pinup girl|girl|pinup

v. phr. An attractive girl whose picture is pinned or tacked to the wall by an admirer. Some Hollywood actresses are understandably very popular pinup girls among male soldiers.

showgirl

n. One who works as an entertainer in a bar or nightclub, musical show, etc. Several famous Hollywood stars actually started their careers as showgirls.

working girl|girl|working

n., slang 1. (vulgar, avoidable) A prostitute. I didn't know Roxanne was a working girl. 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an honest job, such as in an office, etc. The average working girl can't afford such a fancy car.

cover girl

cover girl
An attractive woman whose photograph is featured on a magazine cover; also, a woman attractive enough to be so featured. For example, All models hope to be cover girls some day, or She's gorgeous—a real cover girl. [c. 1910]

giraffe

giraffe
the Giraffe
the constellation Camelopardalis

gird

gird
gird (up) (one's) loins
To summon up one's inner resources in preparation for action.

schoolgirl complexion

schoolgirl complexion
Fresh, glowing, unblemished skin, as in She's fifty but she still has her schoolgirl complexion. This expression, alluding to the beauty of young skin, was invented for an advertising campaign for Palmolive Soap, which ran from about 1923 through the 1930s and claimed to preserve one's schoolgirl complexion.