Pop the question
- Propose marriage
- Vishwanath bought the ring and he is ready to pop the question to Angel his childhood friend
Run in the family
- Be inherited
- Musical talent runs in her family as each and every member of her clan sings very well
Spare the rod and spoil the child
- Necessary to physically punish children in order to raise them right
- The philosophy of sparing the rod and spoiling the child has become outdated now as you need to befriend your child in the contemporary times
Throw the baby out with the bath water
- Eliminate something good while discarding the bad parts of something
- Yes, the presentation has problems but I don’t think we should start fresh with a new one. We don’t need to throw the baby out with the bathwater
Up the duff
- Pregnant
- be up the duff
- you two have only been married for a couple of months, i can’t believe you are up the duff already!
Having a bun in the oven
- Have a bun in the oven= be pregnant
- Definition of have a bun in the oven
- to be pregnant
- Rumour has it, sha has a bun in the oven
Babe in the woods
- An innocent, naive person
- she was no babe in the woods and knew exactly what she was doing
Baby boomer
- A person born in the years following World War II, when there was a temporary marked increase in the birth rate
Child’s play
- A very easy task; a task which is easily accomplished
- Figuring out his password was a child’s play
Born on the wrong side of the blanket
- Born to parents not married
- Born out of wedlock; foundling
- Tom Jones is a story of a child born on the wrong side of the blanket
Boys will be boys
- A phrase of resignation used when boys get into trouble or are stereotypically reckless or rowdy you should not be too hard on them for staying out so late . Boys will be boys
Sleep like a baby
- To sleep soundly; to experience deep and restful sleep
- I slept like a baby last night with my mother besides me
Wet behind the ears
- Lacking experience; immature
- Inexperienced; new to something
- He is a nice person but wet behind the ears
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