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22-letter words containing h, o, b

  • to be on the safe side — If you say you are doing something to be on the safe side, you mean that you are doing it in case something undesirable happens, even though this may be unnecessary.
  • to be sb's second home — to be a place where somebody feels at home and spends a lot of time
  • to beat about the bush — If you tell someone not to beat about the bush, you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way.
  • to fall by the wayside — If a person or plan falls by the wayside, they fail or stop before they complete what they set out to do.
  • to twiddle your thumbs — If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
  • unreasonable behaviour — conduct by a spouse sufficient to cause the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage
  • vibration white finger — a condition affecting workers using vibrating machinery, which causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves of the fingers and leads to a permanent loss of feeling
  • what sb/sth looks like — If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them.
  • william's bon chrétien — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
  • wolfram von eschenbach — c1170–c1220, German poet.
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