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Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions.
Michelle Malkin

Meaning of "arms akimbo" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES ARMS AKIMBO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Akimbo

Akimbo is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent or bowed in a more general sense. A person with arms akimbo...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARMS AKIMBO

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armpit
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Armstrong
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ARMS AKIMBO

akimbo
bimbo
bumbo
Chrimbo
Colombo
combo
Crimbo
dimbo
dumbo
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himbo
Huambo
jumbo
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Synonyms and antonyms of arms akimbo in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «arms akimbo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARMS AKIMBO

Find out the translation of arms akimbo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arms akimbo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arms akimbo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

双手叉腰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los brazos en jarras
570 millions of speakers

English

arms akimbo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हथियार akimbo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اكيمبو الأسلحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подбоченясь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mãos nas Cadeiras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্ত্র Akimbo
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Poings sur les hanches
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan akimbo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arme in die Hüften
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腕はAkimbo社
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팔 댄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arimbi akimbo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cánh tay chống nạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அக்மிபோ ஆயுதங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हात अकिम्बो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Silahlar akimbo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le mani sui fianchi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pod boki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

подбоченясь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arme cu mâinile în șolduri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα χέρια σταυρωμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arms uitgesprei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Höfterfäst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

armer Akimbo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arms akimbo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMS AKIMBO»

The term «arms akimbo» is normally little used and occupies the 120.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMS AKIMBO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arms akimbo

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QUOTES WITH «ARMS AKIMBO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word arms akimbo.
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Michelle Malkin
Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARMS AKIMBO»

Discover the use of arms akimbo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arms akimbo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Arms Akimbo: A Journey of Healing
Although she has published a number of articles in legal publications, and has coauthored a chapter in "Deal Strategies for Venture Capital and Private Equity Lawyers" with Frederic Rubinstein, this is Audrey's first book.
Audrey Roth, 2010
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Arms Akimbo: Africana Women in Contemporary Literature
"I highly recommend this collection of critical essays to those interested in global women's issues as they are reflected in the fictions of Africana women writers.
Janice Liddell, Yakini Belinda Kemp, 1999
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Social Encounters
The findings from the encoding experiment suggest that for male communicators (in the order of their importance) more eye contact, smaller distance, and a relative absence of an arms-akimbo position are part of an attempt to communicate a ...
Argyle, 1973
4
Deep Gossip
For instance, since about 1991 they have typically been great admirers of the San Francisco-based activist group Boy With Arms Akimbo. Boy's members are anonymous. What they do is reproduce, as posters, images of sex taken from many ...
Henry Abelove, 2005
5
Space Race
Gogol and Arms Akimbo journey through space and time to the Soviet Union in the early 1970s as the Russian space scientists are preparing to send a manned flight to Mars and find themselves forced to choose between stopping the dangerous ...
Jamie Simons, E. W. Scollon, Michael Evans, 1999
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The Dharma Bums
watches me as I go over the overpass to the highway, standing there arms akimbo. Mad, I went back down the highway and jumped over the railroad fence and lay flat in the grass awhile. Then I sat up and chewed grass, keeping low however, ...
Jack Kerouac, 1971
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Learning Skiing
Or how about a belly • Hold your arms akimbo and circle know!“ Stretching • Reach up high with your arms making yourself really tall, then squat down and make yourself really small. • Circle your arms forward and backward. • Shrug your  ...
Katrin Barth, Herbert Bruhl, 2004
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Food Allergies For Dummies
... substance in your hand or brings the food or substance in close proximity to your body — supposedly in the path of your energy flow. You hold your arms akimbo, and the examiner pulls down on your arms. If your arms show little resistance, ...
Robert A. Wood, MD, 2011
9
Soul of Beijing Opera, The: Theatrical Creativity and ...
The person stands in the dingzi bu (for men) or tabu (for women) position,19 left foot in front with arms akimbo,20 looking straight ahead. The left arm. 17 A detailed discussion of a painted-face role's “pointing” and the related formula can be ...
Ruru Li, 2010
10
All Hands on Deck
The cosmic rescue team of Xela and Arms Akimbo, searching for a Goner among the sailing ships of the Canary Islands in 1492, find themselves aboard the Santa Maria and pursue suspicions surrounding Christopher Columbus. Original.
Jamie Simons, E. W. Scollon, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARMS AKIMBO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arms akimbo is used in the context of the following news items.
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2015 Tour de France preview: the contenders
... one of the greatest climbers in the peloton, with nasty accelerations at a high cadence, with his eyes on his handlebars and arms akimbo. «Canadian Cycling Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Gateway To Possibilities
... foot high statue of Mrs. Simpson standing astride the Coronado golf course, arms akimbo with her taut face glaring down on the Gateway. «Coronado Eagle and Journal, Jul 15»
3
Patrons of Poverty - a Review (II)
In Chapter Five, the writer states that Africa has not been sitting arms akimbo, watching as a stranger while outsiders tackle her problems, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
4
Nigeria: Random Musing - Buhari's First Mistake
President Buhari did stand with arms akimbo and we have seen the result. Again, the overly ambitious Bukola Saraki is the legendary Shigidi ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
5
Where He Got Those Wonderful Toys
... in a Lamborghini Batmobile, bested the Riddler and the Penguin, and strutted up, arms akimbo, to Mayor Ed Lee to receive the key to the city. «OC Weekly, Jun 15»
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Filipino musician accepted to prestigious Paris music workshop
... avant-garde project John Pope, guitarist duties for pop rock band Never the Strangers, and deck-spinning gigs as DJ Arms Akimbo. «Rappler, Jun 15»
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Cricket: 'I want to be the best bowler in the world' - Boult
He doesn't sledge, isn't one for standing arms akimbo in the middle of the pitch and it's hard to recall him engaging in a bouncer war with ... «Otago Daily Times, Jun 15»
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Jurassic Zoo Might Be The Best Meme Ever
In Jurassic World, Pratt's character Owen Grady demonstrates a raptor-soothing move, legs spread, arms akimbo. I'm not going to spoil why ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jun 15»
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Om one, Om two, Om three, look elsewhere
In the second, he was sprawled on the ground, arms akimbo, his legs a blur so that the track pants looked like a mermaid's tail, and his face ... «Hindu Business Line, Jun 15»
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Chris Froome roars to Dauphiné victory in pre-Tour de France boost
... gradually backwards as Froome pulled away in his ungainly but efficient climbing style, like a praying mantis in its death throes, arms akimbo, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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