my : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- beggar-my-neighbor
- beggar-my-neighbor policy
- beggar-my-neighbor strategy
- beggar-my-neighbour
- beggar-my-neighbour policy
- beggar-my-neighbour strategy
- Bit my bit
- Emforth my might
- For my heart
For my life , ∨For the life of me - For my part
- hop-o'-my-thumb
- pink of my john
To his hand ,To my hand , etc.- up to my neck
beggar-my-neighbor
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noun a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
strip-Jack-naked; beggar-my-neighbor.
WordNet
beggar-my-neighbor policy
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noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
- the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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beggar-my-neighbor strategy
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noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
- the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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beggar-my-neighbour
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noun a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
strip-Jack-naked; beggar-my-neighbor.
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beggar-my-neighbour policy
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noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
- the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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beggar-my-neighbour strategy
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noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
- the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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Bit my bit
- piecemeal.
Webster 1913
Emforth my might
- so far as lies in my power. Obs.
Webster 1913
For my heart
- for my life; if my life were at stake. Obs. "I could not get him for my heart to do it." Shak.
Webster 1913
For my life , ∨ For the life of me
- if my life depended on it. Colloq. T. Hook.
Webster 1913
For my part
- so far as concerns me; for my share.
Webster 1913
hop-o'-my-thumb
Hop"-o'-my-thumb", Hop"-thumb" noun
(Also<
- Hop-o'-my-thumb
- Hop-thumb
)
Definitions
A very diminutive person. Colloq. liwell.
Webster 1913
pink of my john
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noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
wild pansy; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor; heartsease.
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To his hand , To my hand , etc.
- in readiness; already prepared. "The work is made to his hands." Locke.
Webster 1913
up to my neck
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adjective satellite deeply involved
neck-deep; up to your neck; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
- neck-deep in work
- up to their necks in debt