guy : Idioms & Phrases


bad guy

  • noun any person who is not on your side
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fall guy

  • noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
    fool; soft touch; sucker; gull; patsy; mug; chump; mark.
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good guy

  • noun any person who is on your side
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guy cable

  • noun a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
    guy rope; guy; guy cable.
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guy de maupassant

  • noun French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
    Maupassant; Guy de Maupassant.
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guy fawkes

  • noun English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)
    Fawkes.
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guy fawkes day

  • noun day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
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guy fawkes night

  • noun effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
    Bonfire Night.
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guy of burgundy

  • noun pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124)
    Calixtus II.
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guy rope

  • noun a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
    guy rope; guy; guy cable.
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guy wire

  • noun a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
    guy rope; guy; guy cable.
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henri rene albert guy de maupassant

  • noun French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)
    Maupassant; Guy de Maupassant.
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tough guy

  • noun someone who bullies weaker people
    plug-ugly.
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wise guy

  • noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
    wisenheimer; wiseacre; weisenheimer; smart aleck.
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