with child

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.

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[in a family way] or [in the family way] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Going to have a baby. * /Sue and Liz are happy because their mother is in the family […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[child's play] {adj.} Easy; requiring no effort. * /Mary's work as a volunteer social worker is so agreeable to her that she thinks of it as child's play./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

child

[child] See: [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE], [WITH CHILD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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