a burnt child dreads the fire
A person harmed by something becomes more cautious about it.
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asian baby girl
In American subculture, a young Asian American woman, typically of East or Southeast Asian ancestry, who displays stereotypical traits such as enjoying clubbing, wearing excessive makeup and tattoos, drinking bubble tea, wearing revealing clothes etc.; Asian party girl.
baby bangs
Short, straight, blunt-edged bangs (hairstyle), especially when paired with a bob.
baby bar
The First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSE), taken by certain law students in California.
baby bat
A fledgling member of the goth subculture.
baby batter
Synonym of semen.
baby boy
The youngest son in a family.
baby daddy
The biological father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother and child.
baby dick
An extremely small penis.
baby face
A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a good guy, especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned.
baby fever
An urgent desire to have a baby or grandchild.
baby girl
A female baby.
baby mama
The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried.
baby rabies
An urgent desire to have a baby or grandchild.
band kid
A student who participates in a school band or orchestra, typically in middle school or high school.
bebe's kid
An unruly child.
burn, baby, burn
Used to express a sense of satisfaction or schadenfreude at seeing an enemy or rival in pain, as a form of payback or retribution for their past wrongs or misdeeds.
bé
Small, little — standard nationwide; in the South you will often hear nhỏ instead.
bé bằng củ khoai, cứ vai mà gọi
Kinship terms follow family rank, not age — even a tiny child is addressed by their place in the family hierarchy.
bé bỏng
(adjective) little and tender; small; young (generally speaking)
bé cái lầm
(verb) to blunder, to make an embarrassing mistake
bé cái nhầm
(verb) Northern Vietnam form of bé cái lầm (“to blunder”)
bé hạt tiêu
little body, great mind
bé Liên
(noun) the young girl who named Liên
bé Na
(noun) snake
bé nhỏ
(adjective) little; small; young (generally speaking)
bé tí
Tiny — the Northern word; Southerners say nhỏ xíu.
bé tị
(adjective) very small, diminutive, tiny
bé yêu
(noun) darling; sweetheart
bé đường
(noun) a female recipient of interest from a sugar daddy; a female sugar baby.
bé ơi
“Hey baby” — calling a little one or a partner.
child diddler
Synonym of kiddy fiddler.
child toucher
A child molester.
chậu tắm cho bé
baby bath tub
con bé
(noun) miss, little girl
cry like a baby
Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
cá lớn nuốt cá bé
survival of the fittest; big fish eat little fish
cô bé
(noun) little miss, young lady
cậu bé
(noun) young boy; little brat
diaper baby
A contemptible person; a fool, or someone who acts immature.
divorced kid
A child of divorced parents.
eat the baby
To draw a jammer who has broken out of the pack back into the pack.
flipper baby
A person born with defective limbs as a result of the mother taking thalidomide during pregnancy.
freeze baby
A person easily susceptible to cold.
ghế an toàn cho trẻ em
child safety seat
giới trẻ
(noun) the youth; young people
giữ trẻ
(verb) to mind children; to babysit
innocent as the child unborn
Utterly innocent.
iPad kid
Term describing late Gen Z and Generation Alpha children who spend most of their time consuming content via a phone or tablet screen. The term was popularized in January 2021 after a 21-year-old TikToker criticized Millennial parents for allowing their children excessive screen time, saying, "I need everyone else in my generation to promise that we are not going to raise 'iPad children'. ...
it is a wise child that knows his own father
One can never be sure of one's paternity.
it takes a village to raise a child
An entire community of people must provide for, and interact positively with, children in order for those children to grow up healthily and safely.
khiêu dâm trẻ em
(adjective) child pornographic
kid on
To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank on.
kids will be kids
Children cannot be expected to act like adults.
knuckle children
Semen or ejaculate resulting from masturbation.
like a kid at Christmas
Very delighted and excited.
like a kid in a candy store
Extremely excited as a result of having many options to choose from.
like robbing a baby
Synonym of like taking candy from a baby.
like taking candy from a baby
Very easy to achieve.
nepo baby
A colloquial term short for "nepotism baby". Used to describe a celebrity, influencer, or media professional whose career success is perceived to be heavily aided by their famous or wealthy parents.
nepotism baby
A person, especially a celebrity, whose success in an occupation or field is perceived as attributable at least partly to their parent's influence or support (as a necessary input albeit not the sole one).
new kid on the block
Newcomer to something.
nhà giữ trẻ
(noun) nursery school; childcare
nhà trẻ
(noun) a nursery school or daycare center
nhạc trẻ
(noun) pop music aim at youth and young adults
nhỏ bé
(adjective) small; tiny (often used of something abstract)
once a man, twice a child
A man is born as a child, grows to adulthood, and consequently enters old age, when he deteriorates and reverts to a childlike state.
once a woman, twice a child
A woman is born as a child, grows to adulthood, and consequently enters old age, when she deteriorates and reverts to a childlike state.
once an adult and twice a child
Alternative form of once an adult, twice a child.
once an adult, twice a child
One is born as a child, grows to adulthood, and consequently enters old age, when one deteriorates and reverts to a childlike state.
oops baby
A child born as the result of an unplanned pregnancy.
password child
A child whose name is used by their parents in computer passwords, and therefore supposedly their favourite child.
phi công trẻ lái máy bay bà già
Describes a younger man who loves or dates an older woman.
rubber baby buggy bumper
A contraceptive diaphragm.
sleep like a baby
To sleep very well, especially peacefully.
sow's baby
A sixpence coin.
the cobbler's children are the worst shod
Synonym of the shoemaker's children go barefoot.
the cobbler's children go barefoot
Synonym of the shoemaker's children go barefoot
the shoemaker's children go barefoot
One often neglects those closest to oneself; a tradesman may ironically neglect or postpone his own home's need for his trade's services.
throw the baby out with the bathwater
To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
thuở bé
(noun) childhood
treat like a Make-A-Wish kid
To treat with undue patience or kindness, avoiding causing offense.
trẻ
(adjective) young
trẻ con
(noun) children; kids (generally speaking)
trẻ em
(noun) children; kids
trẻ măng
(adjective) very young; barely (looking like) an adult
trẻ sơ sinh
(noun) a newborn
trẻ thơ
(noun) a little kid; a small child
trẻ trâu
An immature, attention-seeking person (originally a young teen) who acts loud, reckless, or edgy, especially online.
tuổi trẻ
(noun) youth
tươi trẻ
(adjective) young and fresh
vườn trẻ
(noun) kindergarten
vợ bé
(noun) co-wife; concubine; mistress
war baby
An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
whiny-ass titty baby
Someone who is childish and prone to taking offense.
ông trẻ
(noun) a young-looking brother or brother-in-law of one's old-looking grandparent
đứa bé
(noun) child
đứa trẻ
(noun) child
a natural child
One not born in lawful wedlock. The Romans called the children of concubines naturales, children according to nature, and not according to law.
a tub of naked children
Emblematical in religious paintings of St. Nicholas (q.v.), in allusion to the two boys murdered and placed in a pickling tub by a landlord, but raised to life again by this saint.
babies in the eyes
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Babies in the Eyes
Love in the expression of the eyes. Love is the little babe Cupid, and hence the conceit, originating from the miniature image of oneself in the pupil of another's eyes.
baby and bathwater
to reject something entirely, including its good parts
baby elephant in the room
a smaller, related issue that needs attention
baby gravy
Semen.
baby juice
Semen.
baby powder
Cocaine.
baby step
A small, initial step in a process or action
baby up
to take care of someone or something very carefully
bartholomew baby
A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair.
be left holding the baby
be responsible for a problem or situation
bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
black babies
difficult or unpleasant tasks
bé bi
(noun) baby
bé không vin, cả gẫy cành
United we stand, divided we fall
call someone everything but a child of God
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
child
To eat a child; to partake of a treat given to the parish officers, in part of commutation for a bastard child the common price was formerly ten pounds and a greasy chin. See GREASY CHIN.
Child of God
In the Anglican and Catholic Church, one who has been baptized; others consider the phrase to mean one con- verted by special grace and adopted into the holy family of God*s Church.
children are uncertain comforts but certain cares
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
children should be seen and not heard
Children should be quiet and obedient
children under the girdle
Not yet born. He has a large mouth but small girdle. Great expenses but small means.
cobblers children are worst shod
Those closest to a problem often suffer the most from it
do not throw the baby out with the bathwater
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
Don't make clothes for a not yet born baby. (Strauss 1994, p. 683)
Don't prepare for something that may not happen
don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
down with the kids
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
em bé
(noun) baby
food baby
a swollen stomach after eating a large meal
handle with kid gloves
Treat someone or something with great care and delicacy
heavy with child
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
it takes a whole village to raise a child
A community's collective effort is needed to raise a child
khôn đâu đến trẻ khoẻ đâu đến già
Intelligence comes with youth, health comes with age
kid
A little dapper fellow. A child. The blowen has napped the kid. The girl is with child.
kid
An infant, or child. From the German kind; or possibly from the name for the young of a goat. Also, a shallow dish in which sailors receive their portions of food.
kid around
to joke or tease someone
kid lay
Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed to their charge, by prevailing on them to execute some trifling message, pretending to take care of their parcels till they come back; these are, in cant terms, said to be on the kid lay.
leave someone holding the baby
to give someone a problem or responsibility that you don't want
make baby Jesus cry
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
new kid in town
A newcomer or recent arrival in a place or situation
nó bé nhưng gié nó to
Vietnamese idiom; English definition pending editorial review.
phi công trẻ
Young pilot
phòng em bé
nursery
poster child
A person representing a particular issue or cause
problem child
A person or thing that causes trouble or difficulties
rainbow baby
A baby born after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss
spare the rod and spoil the child
Failing to discipline a child can lead to bad behavior
split the baby
To divide something in a way that is unfair or impractical
sweet summer child
A naive or innocent person
the burnt child dreads the fire
Once caught, twice shy. "What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
the child is father to the man
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
thức ăn trẻ em
baby food
to kid
To coax or wheedle. To inveigle. To amuse a man or divert his attention while another robs him. The sneaksman kidded the cove of the ken, while his pall frisked the panney; the thief amused the master of the house, while his companion robbed the house.
to stand for a child
To be sponsor for it; to stand in its place and answer for it.
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