G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[go without saying] {v. phr.}
To be too plain to need talking about; not be necessary to say or mention.
It goes without saying that children should not be given knives to play with.
* /A person with weak eyes should wear glasses. That goes […]
[go wrong] {v. phr.}
1. To fail; go out of order.
Something went wrong with our car and we stalled on the road.
2. To sink into an immoral or criminal existence.
In a large city many young people go wrong every year.
[grab bag] {n.}
1. A bag from which surprise packages are chosen; a bag in which there are many unknown things.
The woman paid a quarter for a chance at the grab bag.
* /The children brought packages to be sold from the grab bag at the school […]
[grab off] {v.}, {informal}
To take quickly; take or grab before anybody else can; choose for yourself.
The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats.
The women hurried to the store to grab off the things on sale.
* /The […]
[grace]
See:
[FALL FROM GRACE],
[IN ONE'S BAD GRACES],
[IN ONE'S GOOD GRACES],
[WITH BAD GRACE],
[WITH GOOD GRACE].
[grace period] or [period of grace] {n.}
The time or extra time allowed in which to do something.
Most insurance companies have a grace period of one month for payments.
The teacher gave the class a week's period of grace to finish workbooks.