10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LICK ONE'S CHOPS»
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The variant alludes to the forceful use of a whip to ac- complish something. lick
one's chops Also, lick one's lips. Anticipate with great pleasure. For example, The
kids were licking their chops as Mother described the family lick one's wounds ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
You may have some problems in running this office; the previous manager was
often ill and let things slide. lick one's chops/lips lepin buzet, mprihet per te
shtene ne dore dicka □ The children, licking their lips, watched while the cake
was ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... IN MASS — LEVY WAR — LICK AND A PROMISE — LICK INTO SHAPE —
LICK ONE'S BOOTS — LICK ONE'S CHOPS — LICK ONE'S LIPS — LICK THE
DUST — LICK YOUR WOUNDS — LICKETY-SPLIT — LIE ALONG — LIE
AROUND ...
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Down in the chops. Down in the mouth ; in a melancholy state ; with the mouth
drawn down. To lick one's chops. To relish in anticipation, either literally or
metaphorically. Finally, in the slang phrase first chop, the word is the Hindi chhap
, a print ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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Latvian-English Dictionary
lick one's chops aplakstīt vt (col.) dangle after; make court aplakstot vt = aplakstīt
aplam adv 1. wrong, incorrectly; 2. too, excessively; uncommonly; 3. very
frequently aplami adv incorrectly, erroneously aplamība nf error; absurdity,
nonsense ...
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A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
bibir to lick one's chops. 2 to keep on ass-kissing (one's superior). menjilati [and
njilatin/ngejilatin (J coq)\ I (plobj) to suck, lick. 2 to lick (off), —periuk nasi to lick off
the bottom of the rice pot. jilatan I lick, lapping, licking. — mata glance. 2 s.t. that ...
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The Dictionary of Clich_s: A Word Lover's Guide to 4,000 ...
See leave well enough level best 254 liar, liar, pants on fire 254 lick and a
promise255 lick one's chops 255 lie in wait 255 lie like a trooper. See under lie
through one's teeth lie low 255 lie of the land. Seelayof theland lie through one's
teeth ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
lick one's chops (coll) to look forward to some pleasure with relish [chap, the
lower half of the cheek] chopsticks n (pl) a pair of slender wooden, plastic or ivory
sticks, operated in one hand like pincers, used for eating with in several Oriental
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Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
... 291 let one's mind wander 281 let someone go 356 let something get to one
262 let something pass 387 let something slip 359 letup 252,277,290.291 lick
one's chops 457 light-headed 245 lighthearted 210.217,235, 304 like 254,466
like a ...
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Diccionario Espanol E Ingles; A Dictionary, English and Spanish
Relamflrfl, v. r. to lick one's chops savourily after eating some thing that is
pleasant ; to deck or dress one's self up curioufly. RELAMFDO, s. m. an hypocrite
, a precise formal fellow. REL/WMPAGO, s. m. a flash' os lightning.
RELAMPAGUE/PR ...
