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child
's play
Something particularly simple or easy.
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poster
child
One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.
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problem
child
A
child
who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self-control and disruptive and antisocial behavior.
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problem
child
Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.
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spare the rod and spoil the
child
If one does not discipline a
child
, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.
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run away
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a
child
or juvenile.
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take in
To foster or adopt a
child
informally.
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apple does not fall far from the tree
A
child
grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient
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colt over the fence
An illegitimate
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correlation does not imply causation
(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's
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may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.
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deadbeat dad
A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary
child
support when he is legally required to do so.
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fruit of one's loins
One's
child
,
child
ren, or descendents.
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fruit of the union
A
child
, especially from a marriage or similar union.
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hot potato
A
child
's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.
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knee high to a grasshopper
Short; especially relating to when the subject was a small
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late bloomer
A person who lives a
child
's life comparatively later than their peers.
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little pitcher
A
child
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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the
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.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not
child
ren, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.
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pocket money
child
's allowance
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poster boy
See poster
child
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poster girl
See poster
child
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suck hind tit
To be the youngest or most neglected
child
.
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the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
A
child
grows up to be very similar to its parents in the way they act and in their physical abilities.
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three rs
The basic education any
child
can expect to receive, but not necessarily limited to reading, writing and arithmetic.
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