make the weather
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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make the welkin ring
To shout or proclaim something loudly and enthusiastically
make the world go around
To be the most important thing that motivates people
make time
to find or allocate time for something
make time with
to flirt or try to seduce someone
make tracks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
make tracks for
to leave or depart quickly for a place
make trial of
To test or try something
make up one's mind
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
make up the numbers
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
make waves
cause trouble or controversy
make weight
A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man.
make yourself at home
Feel free to do what you want as if you were in your own home
make-up
Personal appearance.—Theatrical.
makings
Materials. A man is often said to have the MAKINGS of a good politician (or whatever he may aspire to be) in him, if they were but properly applied.
maknoon
mad; crazy
malapropism
An ignorant, vulgar misapplication of language, so named from Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan’s famous comedy of the Rivals. Mrs. Partington afterwards succeeded to the mantle of Mrs. Malaprop; but the phrase Partingtonism is as yet uncoined, for the simple reason that Mrs. Malaprop was the original, Mrs. Partington the imitation.
mali
A Somali.
malingeror
A military term for one who, under pretence of sickness, evades his duty.
malkintrash
One in a dismal garb.
malley
A gardener.—Anglo-Indian.
malmsey nose
A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.
Maltese Cross
Made thus: >J<. Originally the badge of the Knights of Malta, formed of four barbed arrow-heads with their points meeting in the centre. In modified and elabor- ated forms it is the badge of many well-known Orders, etc., as the British Victoria Cross and Order of Merit, and the German Iron Cross.
maltese terrier
An ancient breed of lap-dog, somewhat resembling a Skye terrier though not really a terrier at all. In colour it is pure white, though occasionally marked with fawn; the face and sides are clothed with long, silky hair and the highly-plumed tail usually curves over the back.
malum in se
What is of itself wrong, and would be so even if no law existed against its commission, as lying, murder, theft.
malum prohibitum
What is wrong merely because it is forbidden, as eating a particular fruit was wrong in Adam and Eve, because they were commanded not to do so.
Malvern Hills
A range of hills or downs extending for some nine miles be- tween Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Worcester Beacon and Hereford Beacon are both nearly 1,400 ft, high; from the former can be seen fifteen counties, the cathedrals of Hereford, Worcester, and Gloucester and five abbeys.
mama's boy
A man who is excessively dependent on his mother
mama's girl
A girl or woman overly dependent on her mother
mameluke
A fool.
man a-hanging
A man in difficulties. See HANGING.
man about town
A sophisticated and socially active man
man among men
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
man and boy
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
man and wife
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
man does not live by bread alone
People need more than just physical necessities to be fulfilled
man down
a person is injured or unable to participate
Man Friday
The young savage found by Robinson Crusoe on a Friday, and kept as his servant and companion on the desert island; hence, a faithful and willing attendant, ready to turn his hand to anything.
man goo
semen
man in the moon
The gentleman who is supposed to find the "pieces" to pay election expenditure and electors’ expenses, so long as the latter vote his way. See ELECTION INQUIRIES.
man in the street
An ordinary person, not an expert
man in the street
The ordinary citizen, the man or woman who, in the aggregate, makes public opinion. According to Charles Greville (1794- 1865) this was originally a racing term — " 'the man in the street,' as we call him at Newmarket." Diary, s.d. March 22nd, 1831.
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. (Thomas Browne)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
man milk
semen
Man of Blood and Iron
An epithet be- stowed on Bismarck (1815-98), for many years Chancellor of Prussia and Germany, on account of his war policy and his indomitable will expressed in his first speech after appoint- ment as Minister-General.
man of few words
Someone who speaks little and is concise
man of parts
A person with many talents or skills
man of the people
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
man of the town
A rake, a debauchee.
man of the turf
A horse racer, or jockey.
man of the world
One "knowing" in world- craft; no greenhorn. Charles Macklin brought out a comedy (1704), and Henry Mackenzie a novel (1773) with the title.
man of war
A warship in the navy of a government; though the name is masculine, always spoken of as "she." Formerly the term was used to denote a fighting man ("the Lord is a man of war," Ex. xv, 3).
man on the street
An ordinary person, not an expert
man proposes, heaven disposes
Humans make plans, but fate decides the outcome
man the fort
To stay and defend a place or situation
Man thinks, God laughs
Human plans are often thwarted by fate or a higher power
man trap
A woman's commodity.
man up
to show courage or determination
Man Upstairs
God.
man-handle
To use a person roughly, as to take him prisoner, turn him out of a room, or give him a beating.
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