go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions.
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go-go juice
Motor fuel.
goads
Those who wheedle in chapmen for horse-dealers.
goals and aspirations
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
goanna
A piano.
goat
A lascivious person. Goats jigg; making the beast with two backs, copulation.
gob
The mouth; also a bit or morsel: whence gobbets. Gift of the gob; wide-mouthed, or one who speaks fluently, or sings well.
gob
Or GOBBET, a portion. Generally applied to meat by schoolboys.
gob stick
A clarinet.
gobble off
To fellate.
gobble-pipe
A saxophone
gobbo
A goblin.
Gobelin Tapestry
So called from the Gobelins, a French family of dyers founded by Jean Gobelin (d. 1476); their tapestry works were taken over by Louis XIV as a royal establishment about 1670, and are still in the Faubourg St. Marcel, Paris. Part of the buildings were burned down by the Communards in 1871.
gobful
A mouthful.
God approved of
It was thus that Joseph became the husband of Mary. In Florence is a picture in which the rejected suitors break their sticks on Joseph's back.
God bless the Duke of Argyle
See ARGYJLE. God helps those who help themselves. In French, Aide-tof, le del faidera. (La Fontaine, yi, 18.
god bless the duke of argyle!
A Scottish insinuation made when one shrugs his shoulders, of its being caused by parasites or cutaneous affections.—See SCOTCH FIDDLE, SCOTCH GREYS. It is said to have been originally the thankful exclamation of the Glasgow folk, at finding a certain row of iron posts, erected by his grace in that city to mark the division of his property, very convenient to rub against.
God forbid
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
God forfend
May God prevent something bad from happening
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
God helps the rich, the poor can beg
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
God helps those who help themselves
One must take action to solve their problems
God is in the detail
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
God is on the side of the strongest battalions. (Kin 1955, p. 255)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
God is, and all is well
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
God said
"Let Newton be," and all was light. POPE.
God sends fortune to fools
Lucky things happen to people who don't deserve them
god that failed
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
God's a good man. (William Shakespeare)
God is benevolent and kind
god's eye
An all-seeing or omniscient perspective
god's gift
Someone or something considered exceptionally good or talented
god's gift to men
Someone or something considered exceptionally charming or talented
god's gift to women
A man who is extremely charming or attractive to women
god's green earth
Used to express surprise or shock
god's honest truth
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
god's work
Work that is morally good or beneficial to society
godfather
He who pays the reckoning, or answers for the rest of the company: as, Will you stand godfather, and we will take care of the brat; i.e. repay you another time. Jurymen are also called godfathers, because they name the crime the prisoner before them has been guilty of, whether felony, petit larceny, &c.
Godless Florin
See GRACELESS FLORIN. Goddam or Godon (go dam', go don7). A name given by the French to the English at least as early as the 15th century, on account of the favourite oath of the English soldiers which was looked upon almost as a shibboleth. Joan of Arc is reported to have used the word on a number of occasions in contemptuous reference to her enemies.
gods
The people in the upper gallery of a theatre; "up amongst the GODS," a seat amongst the persons in the gallery—so named from the high position of that part, and the blue sky generally painted on the ceiling of the theatre; termed by the French, "paradis."
gog
All-a-gog; impatient, anxious, or desirous of a thing.
gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a tradition, that, when they hear the clock strike one, on the first of April, they will walk down from their places.
Gog and Magog
In English legend, the sole survivors of a monstrous brood, the offspring of the thirty-three infamous daughters of the Emperor Diocletian, who murdered their husbands. Being set adrift in a ship they reached Albion, where they fell in with a number of demons.
goggles
Eyes: see OGLES. Goggle eyes; large prominent eyes. To goggle; to stare.
Gogmagog Hill
The higher of two hills, some three miles south-east of Cambridge. The legend is that Gogmagog fell in love with the nymph Granta, but she would have nothing to say to the huge giant, and he was meta- morphosed into the hill. (DRAYTON: Polyolbion, xxi.
going away
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
going rate
The standard or usual price for something
going strong
Prospering, getting on famously; in excellent state of health. To come it strong. See COME.
going to town
Full of life and high spirits. An American expression, probably originating among backwoodsmen.
going upon the dub
Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses.
gol-mol
Noise, commotion.—Anglo-Indian.
gold droppers
Sharpers who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, for whom the trap is laid, this they pretend to have found, and, as he saw them pick it up, they invite him to a public house to partake of it: when there, two or three of their comrades drop in, as if by accident, and propose cards, or some other game, when they seldom fail of stripping their prey.
gold finder
One whose employment is to empty necessary houses; called also a tom-turd-man, and night-man: the latter, from that business being always performed in the night.
gold in them thar hills
great wealth or opportunity is available
gold mine
A valuable source of opportunity or information
gold-mine
Any profitable investment, from a fried-fish shop to a remunerative speculation involving millions.
goldbacked uns
Body lice. Sometimes called greybacked uns.
goldbrick
A shirker or malingerer.
golden age
A period of great achievement or prosperity
Golden Age
An age m the history of peoples when everything was as it should be, or when the nation was at its summit of power, glory, and reputation; the best age, as the golden age of innocence, the golden age of literature. Ancient chronologers divided the time between Creation and the birth of Christ into ages; Hesiod describes five. See AGE.
Golden Apples
See APPLE OF DISCORD; ATALANTA'S RACE; HESPERIDES. Golden Ass, The. A satirical romance by Apuleius, written in the 2nd century, and called the golden because of its excellency.
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