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baby brainForgetfulness incurred from pregnancy.Rate it:

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baby dollPrenda femenina para dormir, con faldas cortas, ajustada y con gran escote, que cubre parte del tronco, del busto hacia abajo, y se sostiene con breteles.Rate it:

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baby elephant in the roomAn obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.Rate it:

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baby on boardPhrase on a sign attached to the rear of a motor car to signify that a baby is sometimes carried.Rate it:

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baby-killera long-range Zeppelin bomberRate it:

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baby-killera Vietnam veteran returning to the United States, used by war opponentsRate it:

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food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.Rate it:

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leave someone holding the babyTo abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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mama's baby, papa's maybeIt is easy to know the biological mother of a child, but difficult to be sure who the biological father is.Rate it:

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sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:

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smooth as a baby's bottomextremely smooth.Rate it:

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throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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baby upto treat as a baby.Rate it:

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baby bluesPeriod and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.Rate it:

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soft as a baby's bottomextremely soft (not rough)Rate it:

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be left holding the babyTo be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.Rate it:

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baby-killera pregnant woman who receives an abortionRate it:

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baby-killerUsed other than as an idiom: see baby, killer.Rate it:

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baby-killera person who advocates abortionRate it:

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baby-killeran abortionistRate it:

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baby showerCelebración por un bebé que esta por nacer.Rate it:

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baby-killera saloon, used by the Temperance MovementRate it:

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cry like a baby(of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.Rate it:

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double rainbow babya term given to a child born after two miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths.Rate it:

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golden babyA baby born after a rainbow babyRate it:

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like taking candy from a babyEasy to achieve.Rate it:

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make baby Jesus cryTo provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.Rate it:

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rainbow babyA baby born following a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant. Also known as a 'sunshine' baby or an 'angel' baby. They bring joy to a grieving family following stillbirth or infant loss.Rate it:

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rubber baby buggy bumpersa tongue twister; a phrase that if spoken rapidly and repeatedly is difficult to say without making a mistakeRate it:

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this won't get the baby into a short dressTo take inadequate action dealing with an opportunityRate it:

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bundle of joyA newborn baby.Rate it:

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give birthTo produce new life into the world; to have a baby. Transitive when used with to.Rate it:

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Lower the BoomTo strictly punish; to restrict one to the rulesRate it:

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lower the boomTo suddenly overpower, with "on".Rate it:

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put downTo place a baby somewhere to sleep.Rate it:

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managerial inbreedingBad management, caused by managers making poor selection choices in recruitment, rewards, and promotions of the staff that report to them, leading to another generation of managers who lack the necessary skill sets to reward and promote the most effective staff.Rate it:

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pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.Rate it:

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boom or bust!In A Difficult Challenging Situation, Decide To Go For Broke, Go For Success Or Failure!Rate it:

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clogs to clogs in three generations(UK) Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchildRate it:

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dangly bitsMale genitalia, usually of a baby, child, or of a smaller than usual size; ironic reference to male genitalia.Rate it:

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blessed eventThe birth of a baby.Rate it:

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boom goes the dynamiteIndicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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have a bun in the ovenTo be pregnant; to be expecting a baby.Rate it:

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jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bainthrow the baby out with the bathwaterRate it:

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little emperorIn contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)Rate it:

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lower the boomAn expression probably originating in a nautical setting, where misdemeanors and mischief results in punishment.Rate it:

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lower the boomTo use one's superior physical strength; clobber.Rate it:

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lower the boom onTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:

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