10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLIP SOMEONE'S WINGS»
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
US informal 2000 Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential I peeled 75 pounds of
shrimp at a clip. clip someone's Wings prevent Someone from acting freely. 0 Clip
someone's wings comes from the phrase clip a bird's wings, which means 'trim ...
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
... in these places. clip someone's wings • give someone wings clip someone's
wings—restrain a person; restrict the scope of smb.'s activities: He could not
succeed in clipping the wings of his restless neighbor. give someone wings—
provide ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
US informal 2000 Anthony BourdainKitchen Confidential I peeled 75 pounds of
shrimp at a clip. clip someone's wings prevent someone from acting freely. Clip
someone's wings comes from the phrase clip a bird's wings, which means 'trim
the ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... former times, praising the vine's fruitfulness. clip someone's wings Restrain or
reduce someone's freedom, as in Hiding his car keysiyou're really clipping his
wings. This metaphor for clipping a bird's wings to prevent its flying away dates ...
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
... of its suckers and lives off the blood until the fish dies. Human waders are also
attacked by leeches, and they find them very difficult to remove. DEI. See also
Stick to Someone like a Leech. CLIP SOMEONE'S WINGS to clip someone's
wings.
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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The Chambers Dictionary
clip coin to pare the edges of coins; clip (someone's) wings (fig) to restrain or
thwart (someone's) ambition; to cramp (someone's) freedom of action. [Prob from
ON klippa to cut; Dan klippe] clip2 klip, vi to encircle, hold firmly or embrace.
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Cheater's Guide to Speaking English Like a Native
I took too much so I couldn't clean my plate. Clip one's wings It has long been
common to clip the wings of some chickens or other domesticated fowls to
prevent them from being able to fly over fences or fly away. If you "clip someone's
wings" it ...
Boye Lafayette De Mente, 2007
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
clip someone's wings to reduce someone's power or scope for activity. [Norse
klippa, to cut] clip joint n (slang) a bar, restaurant or nightclub charging
excessively high prices, clipped adj 1 (of the form of a word) shortened, as, e.g.,
sec from ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
2 nc a thing clipped off or out of something, esp a newspaper: She collects
clippings about the roya! family; Put the hedge clippings on the fire. clip
someone's wings to take away from a person the power of doing something: She
used to go to ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
3. defect to another qountry: The bloody place [the Foreign Office] has never
been the same since Kim [Philby] went over the wall. clip someone's wings give
someone wings clip someone s wings restrain a person; restrict the scope of smb
.
