G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[get-together] {n.}
A party; a gathering.
I hate to break up this nice get-together but we must leave.
We manage to have a get-together with our old friends once or twice a year.
[get-up-and-go] also [get-up-and-get] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Energetic enthusiasm; ambitious determination; pep; drive; push.
Joe has a lot of get-up-and-go and is working his way through school.
[getaway car] {n. phr.}
A vehicle parked near the scene of a crime in which the criminals escape.
The police intercepted the getaway car at a major crossroads.
[ghost of a]
Least trace of; slightest resemblance to; smallest bit even of; a very little.
Usually used with "chance" or "idea" in negative sentences, or with "smile".
There wasn't a ghost of a chance that Jack would win.
* /We didn't have the […]
[ghost-writer] {n.}
A writer whose identity remains a secret and who writes for another who receives all the credit.
It is rumored that John Smith's best-selling novel was written by a ghost-writer.
[gift of gab] or [gift of the gab] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Skill in talking; ability to make interesting talk that makes people believe you.
Many men get elected because of their gift of gab.
Mr. Taylor's gift of gab helped him get a good job.
[gild the lily] also [paint the lily] {v. phr.}
To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough.
To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily.
For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily.
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[gill]
See:
[FED TO THE GILLS] at [FED UP],
[GREEN AROUND THE GILLS] or [PALE AROUND THE GILLS].