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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
See also Lick into Shape. LICK INTO SHAPE to lick someone into shape. To get
someone ready for competition. Source: BEAR. Because bear cubs are born
during hibernation, humans seldom see what the cubs look like at birth. Medieval
...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Ice to Hyps
Tavlor, Life of Haydon, p. 2i2. Modern cartoons with few exceptions are licked (
smoothed) and polished intentionally. 4. (American). — To coax. 1859. Matsell,
Vocabulum, s.v. To LICK INTO SHAPE, verb.phr. (colloquial). — To fashion; to
train.
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1896
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Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases
7'o lick into shape — to give form or method to a person or thing. F. The phrase
owes its origin to the fablo that the cubs of a bear are born shapeless, and are
licked into shape by their mother. " Hnt," said the doctor, as he resumed his chair,
...
... a passing motorist. lick into shape see lick. shape up to develop or become
formed: The team is shaping up well. take shape to develop or grow into a
definite form: My book/ garden is gradually taking shape. share go shares with (
someone) ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... a passing motorist. lick into shape see lick. shape up to develop or become
formed: The team is shaping up well. take shape to develop or grow into a
definite form: My book/ garden is gradually taking shape. share go shares with (
someone) ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
Never had an operation in his eighty- some years and didn't plan to start the habit
now. Dottie bagged up the purchases and handed them to Matt. “You know that
expression 'lick into shape'? Comes from bears.” Matt and Tim stared at her.
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Heinemann English Dictionary
shope shape noun an external line or outline: That cloud has the shape of a
camel. Figurative The garden is in poor shape (= condition). Phrases lick into
shape The scrgeant swore he would lick the new recruits into shape (= put into
proper ...
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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pajamas
... in its variant form, “to lie on a bed of thorns”; both are used to describe painful
situations that people have created for themselves. IN THE LIMELIGHT To be in
the limelight is to THE LAND OF NOD LICK INTO SHAPE LIE ON A BED OF
NAILS.
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, ...
Libra 750 Lick into Shape Libra [the balance]. One of the twelve signs of the
Zodiac (September 22 to October 22), when day and night being weighed would
be found equal. XTbrary. One of the most approved materials for writing on,
before ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1898
... to knock into shape ML KNOCK to lick into shape 1. LICK to shape up I. &m ;
fchl 2. IH*iM#Jli ; iil^lllI'f'J (Things are shaping up nicely. mmmmvmmm • > to take
shape ; Hrlfb ! f%L (The new skyscraper gradually took shape, ffi share share and
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Louis van Gaal: Manchester United will take 3 MONTHS to lick into …
Louis van Gaal: Manchester United will take 3 MONTHS to lick into shape. 22:30, 29 July 2014; By David McDonnell ... «Irish Mirror, 七月 14»
Spreading the gospel music
... choir competition, it has held extra rehearsals and a weekend "boot camp" to lick into shape its version of the gospel standard "Pass Me Not.". «Los Angeles Times, 十月 08»
