G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[gilt-edged] {adj.}
Of the highest quality.
Government saving bonds are considered by many to be a gilt-edged investment.
[gin mill] {n.}, {slang}
A bar where liquor is sold.
Rush Street in Chicago is full of gin mills.
Syn.: [SPEAKEASY].
[gird one's loins] {v. phr.}, {literary}
To prepare for action; get ready for a struggle or hard work.
David girded up his loins and went out to meet the giant Goliath.
Seniors must gird their loins for the battles of life.
[girl Friday] {n.}
A very dependable and helpful female office worker; especially a secretary.
Miss Johnson is the manager's girl Friday.
There was an advertisement in the newspaper for a girl Friday.
[girl friend] {n.}, {informal}
1. A female friend or companion.
Jane is spending the night at her girlfriend's house.
2. A boy's steady girl; the girl or woman partner in a love affair; girl; sweetheart.
* /John is taking his girl friend to the […]
[give (one) up for] {v. phr.}
To abandon hope for someone or something.
After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.