my : Idioms & Phrases


beggar-my-neighbor

  • noun a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
    strip-Jack-naked; beggar-my-neighbor.
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beggar-my-neighbor policy

  • noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
    beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
    • the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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beggar-my-neighbor strategy

  • noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
    beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
    • the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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beggar-my-neighbour

  • noun a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
    strip-Jack-naked; beggar-my-neighbor.
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beggar-my-neighbour policy

  • noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
    beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
    • the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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beggar-my-neighbour strategy

  • noun a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
    beggar-my-neighbour policy; beggar-my-neighbor policy; beggar-my-neighbor strategy.
    • the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy
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Bit my bit

  • piecemeal.
Webster 1913

Emforth my might

  • so far as lies in my power. Obs.
Webster 1913

For my heart

  • for my life; if my life were at stake. Obs. "I could not get him for my heart to do it." Shak.
Webster 1913

For my life, ∨ For the life of me

  • if my life depended on it. Colloq. T. Hook.
Webster 1913

For my part

  • so far as concerns me; for my share.
Webster 1913

hop-o'-my-thumb

Hop"-o'-my-thumb", Hop"-thumb" noun (Also<
  • Hop-o'-my-thumb
  • Hop-thumb
)
Definitions
  1. A very diminutive person. Colloq. liwell.
Webster 1913

pink of my john

  • noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
    wild pansy; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor; heartsease.
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To his hand, To my hand, etc.

  • in readiness; already prepared. "The work is made to his hands." Locke.
Webster 1913

up to my neck

  • adjective satellite deeply involved
    neck-deep; up to your neck; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
    • neck-deep in work
    • up to their necks in debt
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