G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[gather in] {v.}, {informal}
To catch.
The end gathered in the pass and went over for a touchdown.
[gay nineties] {n.}
The years between 1890 and 1900; remembered as a happy exciting time.
Ladies wore large hats in the gay nineties.
Picnics were popular in the gay nineties.
[gee whiz] {interj.}, {informal}
Used as an exclamation to show surprise or other strong feeling. Rare in written English.
Gee whiz! I am late again.
[generation gap] {n.}, {informal}, {hackneyed phrase}
The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent […]