son : Idioms & Phrases

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A son (or man) of Belial

  • a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.
Webster 1913

Executor de son tort

  • Of., executor of his own wrong (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
Webster 1913

favorite son

  • noun a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state
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Foster son

  • noun someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth
    foster son.
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  • a male foster child.
Webster 1913

foster-son

  • noun someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth
    foster son.
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Husks of the prodigal son

  • (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.
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mother's son

  • noun a male person
    • every mother's son who could walk was there
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son of a bitch

  • noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
    mother fucker; bastard; SOB; prick; motherfucker; whoreson; dickhead; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
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son-in-law

  • noun the husband of your daughter
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Son"-in-law` noun
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plural Sons-in-law
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  1. The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
    To take me as for thy son in lawe. Chaucer.
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Sons of the prophets

  • . See School of the prophets, under Prophet.
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wisdom of jesus the son of sirach

  • noun an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
    Ben Sira; Sirach; Ecclesiasticus.
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