gun room
A room in the afterpart of a lower gun-deck for the accommodation of junior officers.
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gun to your head
forced to make a difficult decision
gunboat diplomacy
Using military power to enforce diplomatic demands
gundiguts
A fat, pursy fellow.
gunner's daughter
a device for punishing sailors
Gunpowder Plot
The project of a few Roman Catholics to destroy James I with the Lords and Commons when he opened Parliament, on November 5th, 1605.
guns blazing
Acting aggressively or forcefully from the start
gup
Gossip.—Anglo-Indian.
gurgler
A drain.
gurrawaun
A coachman, a native Indian corruption of the English word coachman. For another curious corruption of a similar kind, see SIMPKIN.—Anglo-Indian.
gusher
One overflowing with sentiment, a rhapsodizer. Romance-reading young ladies are generally described as GUSHING, and of late years the word GUSH has done duty as representing the newspaper work necessary for a continuance of the "largest circulation."
gut check
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
gut factor
an instinctive feeling that something is right or wrong
gut feeling
Intuitive sense or instinct about something
gut out
to persevere through a difficult situation
gut reaction
An instinctive or intuitive response
Gutenberg's Bible
See BIBLE, SPECIALLY NAMED. Gothlac, St, (guth' lak) of Crowland, Lincoln- shire, is represented in Christian art as a hermit punishing demons with a scourge, or consoled by angels while demons torment him. He was a member of the royal family of Mercia in the 7th century.
gutenberg's types and plant
With this Fust started business on his own account, with his son-in-law Peter Schoffer as manager. Guten- berg was obliged to carry on his business with inferior types and presses.
gutless wonder
A person lacking courage or determination
gutlord
A fat man.
guts
My great guts are ready to eat my little ones; my guts begin to think my throat's cut; my guts curse my teeth: all expressions signifying the party is extremely hungry.
guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels: said of a hard, merciless, unfeeling person.
guts out
completely emptied or removed
gutter blood
A low or vulgar man.—Scotch.
gutter lane
The throat, the swallow, the red lane. See RED LANE.
gutting a quart pot
Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; clearing it of its furniture. See POULTERER.
guy
A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn.
guy
A fright, a dowdy, an ill-dressed person. Derived from the effigy of Guy Fawkes carried about by boys on Nov. 5. "Hollo, boys, another GUY!"
guzzle
Liquor. To guzzle; to drink greedily.
guzzle
To eat or drink to excess; to eat loudly, hastily, and clumsily.
guzzle guts
One greedy of liquor.
gweeb
A dweeb.
gybing
Jeering or ridiculing.
gyp
A college runner or errand-boy at Cambridge, called at Oxford a scout. See SCOUT.
gyp
An undergraduate’s servant at Cambridge. Popularly derived by Cantabs from the Greek, GYPS, (γύψ), a vulture, from the dishonest rapacity peculiar to GYPS. At Oxford servants are called scouts.
gypper
A gypsy.
gypsy's kiss
piss
gai ngọn dọn hơn gai gốc
The consequence is easier to deal with than the root cause
gan bà cố
Very brave or daring
gan già ma mọi
Old but still energetic and active
ghét của nào, trời trao của ấy
You will get what you dislike
ghét đào đất đổ đi
To reject something because of a small flaw
ghế bành tượng
a person who holds a position without doing any work
giai chửa vợ bạc đầy cong, gái chửa chồng tiền đầy gác
A pregnant wife brings wealth to the family
giai có vợ như giỏ có hom
A husband and wife are meant to be together
giai có vợ tề-gia nội-chợ
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
giai khôn lắm nước đái
Too much thinking can lead to confusion
giai khôn mài dao dạy vợ
A clever wife can teach her husband
giai khôn tìm vợ
Intelligent people find good spouses
giai lành gái tốt
A good husband deserves a good wife
giai phải vợ cò-bợ giời mưa
Make the best of a bad situation
giai phải vợ như cò bợ giời mưa, gái phải giai như thài-lài cứt chó
A husband should be like a rooster and a wife like a hen
giai tay trái, gái tay mặt
Men work with their left hand, women with their face
giai thì loạn, gái thì bình
Men cause trouble, women bring peace
giai xóm trại gái hàng cơm
A person who frequently visits or hangs out at a place, especially for personal gain
gieo mạ còn phải kén giống
Be selective even in trivial matters
già kén kẹn hom
Older people are more particular and demanding
già lừa đẻ ra ngựa
An old person can still have new and valuable ideas
già mà dại
Old but still foolish
già nhân ngãi, non vợ chồng
Old people advise, young people decide
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