pickle : Idioms & Phrases


bread and butter pickle

  • noun thinly sliced sweet pickles
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dill pickle

  • noun pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed
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pickle barrel

  • noun a barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled
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pickle relish

  • noun relish of chopped (usually sweet) pickles
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pickle-herring

Pic"kle-her"ring noun
Definitions
  1. A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. Obs. Shak.
  2. A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Obs. Addison.
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pickled herring

  • noun herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
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sweet pickle

  • noun pickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar
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Tan pickle

  • the liquor used in tanning leather.
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To be in a pickle

  • to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle?" Shak.
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To put a rod in pickle

  • to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.
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