- with child
- pregnant.
She went back to her parents' home when she discovered she was with child.
Usage notes: used by people who think it is not polite to say pregnant, or for humorous effect
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
with child
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with child — (UK) If a woman s with child, she s pregnant … The small dictionary of idiomes
with child — ► with child archaic pregnant. Main Entry: ↑child … English terms dictionary
with child — adjective in an advanced stage of pregnancy was big with child was great with child • Syn: ↑big, ↑enceinte, ↑expectant, ↑gravid, ↑great, ↑large, ↑heavy … Useful english dictionary
With Child — infobox Book | name = With Child title orig = translator = image caption = author = Laurie R. King illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Kate Martinelli series genre = Novel publisher = Bantam Books… … Wikipedia
with child — Synonyms and related words: anticipating, big with child, big laden, breeding, carrying, carrying a fetus, expecting, gestating, gravid, great, heavy, heavy with child, knocked up, parturient, preggers, pregnant, superfetate, superimpregnated,… … Moby Thesaurus
with child — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY … Dictionary of American idioms
with child — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY … Dictionary of American idioms
with child — adjective Pregnant. I would there were no age between sixteen and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting … Wiktionary
with\ child — adv. phr. literary Going to have a baby; pregnant. The angel told Mary she was with child. Compare: in a family way or in the family way … Словарь американских идиом
with child — (UK) If a woman s with child, she s pregnant. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
with child — pregnant Standard English, and not just somebody left holding the baby: Once he had got a girl with child. (G. Greene, 1932) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
