КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «MAKE A LONG ARM»
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... legs. have a long arm make a long arm have a long arm have a far-reaching
power: The Sheriff may have only had control of his county, but with his
connections, he had a long arm. make a long arm - (coll) reach out one's arm
after smth.
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... Pout in sullenness or derision * Generally sexy women tend to make a lip to
look more sexier Make a long arm: Help oneself freely at table * At the dinner
party all the guests had to make a long arm while taking their meals Make a long
nose: ...
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary: In 6 Volumes
... I To make a long arm — To reach out the arm for something esp. at the table ; C
*t=? f«f * 99 «15 1\%W I To make a long nose — Same as TO COCK A SNOOK (
which see under SNOOK To pall a long face— See PULL. To take long views ...
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English
2 Phr long in the water: of a vessel, sunk deep (1924 ENGLAND 317). make a
long arm: to reach (one's arm) for food. 1887 BOND 42 . . .injunctions to 'make a
long arm,' and help yourself, and 'not wait for compliments.' O 67-102 ~ reach for
...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson,
1990
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
... make a long arm, to stretch oneself for getting something R>^l ^fa ^ ^ % f^Ttr
3TT^ ^PT TORT I To have a long arm, to be capable of making one's power felt 3
<H-i) *iRci f^3T ^ HW*A TOT ^RT I To make a long face, to present a gloomy look
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Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta,
1998
Make inroads upon Anything that encroaches Sometimes, T.V. Programmes
make inroads upon one's leisure. Make a long arm for something Reach out for
something When the guest did not find a bearer (waiter) nearby, he made a long
arm ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition,
2004
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Mike:
A Public School Story
Do you think you could make a long arm, and haul it off the parent tin-tack?
Thanks. We make progress. We make progress.” “We shall jolly well make it out
of the window,” said Mike, spooning up tea from a paper bag with a postcard, “if a
sort ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
The plain truth: coll. from C.18; by C20, S.E. In Francis Boothby, Marcelia (V, i),
1670, occurs the short and the long of it, perhaps the orig. form. (Moe.) Cf. long
attachment. long arm. See make a long arm. long as a piece of string (, as).
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A complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms or synonyms ...
... toget scent 0!; to serve one's apprenticeship; to serve one's time. Length. phr.
To make a long arm; to drag its slow length along; there being no end of. As long
as my arm; as long as today and to-morrow. Levity. adj. Impouderous; weightless
...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... see under bow2: go long (finance) to acquire more holdings in commodities or
securities in expectation of a rise in prices; in the long run see under run; long on
well supplied with; long since a long time ago; make a long arm (colloq) to help ...