Смысл: bewhiskered

bewhiskered[bıʹwıskəd]
a
<Í> 1. усатый
2. устаревший; ≅ с бородой
the bewhiskered notion that the common toad causes warts - устаревшее представление о том, что жабы вызывают бородавки

have whisker Идиома

cat's whiskers

the best, most sublime thing or person

by a whisker

Idiom(s): by a hair(’s breadth) AND by a whisker

Theme: AMOUNT - SMALL

just barely; by a very small distance. (The whisker phrase is folksy.)
• I just missed getting on the plane by a hair's breadth.
• I made it by a hair!
• The arrow missed the deer by a whisker.

Between you and me and the cat's whiskers

This idiom is used when telling someone something that you want them to keep secret.

Within a whisker

If you come within a whisker of doing something, you very nearly manage to do it but don't succeed.

whisker

whisker
see by a hair; win by a nose.

have developed whiskers

To be old, as of a adventure or joke. No one laughed at your adventure because it had developed bristles by then.Learn more: grown, have, whisker

have whiskers

To be old, as of a adventure or joke. No one laughed at your adventure because it had bristles by then.Learn more: have, whisker

have (or accept grown) whisker

s (especially of a story) be actual old. informalLearn more: have, whisker

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More Idioms/Phrases

while back while there's life there's hope whim-wham whipping boy whirl whirlwind whisker whisper whispering campaign whistle whistle Dixie whistle in the dark white