humorous
91(a) fashion victim — humorous an impolite way of referring to someone who buys too many fashionable clothes. She s a complete fashion victim! Why else would she pay Ј100 for a pair of jeans? …
92(a) funny farm — humorous a hospital for people who are mentally ill. If things get much worse they ll be carrying me off to the funny farm …
93(a) glutton for punishment — humorous someone who seems to like working hard or doing things that most people would find unpleasant. So as well as a full time job and a family to look after, she s started taking an evening class. She s a glutton for punishment, that woman …
94(a) grass widow — humorous a woman who spends a lot of time apart from her husband, often because he is working in another place. I hear Steve s in Florida again. Yes, I ve become a grass widow ever since he s had this new job …
95(a) kept man — humorous someone who does not work and who is given money and a place to live by the person who they are having a sexual relationship with. She was determined to find work and not become a kept woman like her sister …
96(a) kept woman — humorous someone who does not work and who is given money and a place to live by the person who they are having a sexual relationship with. She was determined to find work and not become a kept woman like her sister …
97(a) knuckle sandwich — humorous if you give someone a knuckle sandwich, you hit them. You ll get a knuckle sandwich if you don t shut up …
98(a) liquid lunch — humorous if someone has a liquid lunch, they drink alcoholic drinks instead of eating food. I had a two hour liquid lunch and nearly fell asleep at my desk in the afternoon …
99(a) little horror — humorous a child who behaves very badly. I had six of the little horrors running round the house all day …
100(a) man's got to do what a man's got to do. — humorous something men say when they are going to do something which may be unpleasant or which they are pretending will be unpleasant as a joke. I hate catching spiders. Still, a man s got to do what a man s got to do …
