Bird

  • 51bird — see a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush a bird never flew on one wing there are no birds in last year’s nest birds in their little nests agree birds of a feather flock together little birds th …

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  • 52bird — See: EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM or EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, EAT LIKE A BIRD, FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS, FOR THE BIRDS, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 53bird — See: EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM or EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, EAT LIKE A BIRD, FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS, FOR THE BIRDS, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 54bird — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English brid, bird, from Old English bridd Date: before 12th century 1. archaic the young of a feathered vertebrate 2. any of a class (Aves) of warm blooded vertebrates distinguished by having… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 55bird — See: early bird catches the worm or early bird gets the worm, eat like a bird, fine feathers do not make fine birds, for the birds, kill two birds with one stone …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 56bird — Noun. 1. A female. Use can be taken as offensive. E.g. Did you see that bird at the back of the bus! 2. A girlfiend, when used in conjunction with a possessive pronoun, such as my bird. 3. Time spent in prison. E.g. I did 20 years bird before I… …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 57bird*/*/*/ — [bɜːd] noun [C] an animal with feathers, two wings, and a BEAK (= a hard pointed mouth) • bird of prey a bird that hunts and eats other animals[/ex] See: early bird …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 58bird — n British 1. a girl. A very common term in the late 1950s and 1960s, it is now somewhat dated and considered offensive or pat ronising by most women. The word was first a 19th century term of endearment, ultimately from Middle English, in which… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 59BIRD — Banque Internationale pour la Reconstruction et le Développement. Institution spécialisée relevant du Conseil Économique et social de l ONU. Elle avait pour fonction de libérer des fonds pour des programmes de développement. La BIRD fut créée le… …

    Sigles et Acronymes francais

  • 60bird — • probably the most common slang term for woman/girl/girlfriend. In prison slang a bird is a prison sentence. eg. He s doing is bird in Dartmoor . This comes from the Rhyming Slang term birdlime meaning time …

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