G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[going on] {adv. phr.}
Almost; nearly.
Joe is going on six years old.
It is going on six o'clock.
[going through changes] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To be in trouble, to have difficulties, to be trapped in unfavorable circumstances.
"What's the matter with Joe?" — "He's going through changes."
[going to]
Can be expected to; planning to. — Used after "is" (or "was", etc.), with an infinitive, in the same way "will" is used, to show future.
Some day that big tree is going to rot and fall.
Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain.
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[goldfish bowl] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
1. A situation in which it is not possible to keep things secret for any length of time.
Washington Society is a goldfish bowl.
2. An apartment or place that provides no privacy for its occupant, e.g., an […]
[golf widow] {n.}, {informal}
A woman whose husband is often away from home playing golf.
Mrs. Thompson didn't like being a golf widow.
[gone goose] also [gone gosling] {n.}, {slang}
A person for whom there is no hope.
Herbert's grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year.
The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window.
[gone with the wind] {adj. phr.}
Gone forever; past; vanished.
All the Indians who used to live here are gone with the wind.
Joe knew that his chance to get an "A" was gone with the wind when he saw how hard the test was.
Compare: [DOWN THE […]
[good]
See:
[AS GOOD AS],
[AS GOOD AS ONE GETS],
[BUT GOOD],
[DO ONE GOOD],
[FOR GOOD],
[FOR GOOD MEASURE],
[GET THE GOODS ON],
[HOLD GOOD],
[IN GOOD],
[IN GOOD FAITH],
[IN GOOD TIME],
[IN ONE'S GOOD GRACES],
[IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS […]