There is still food left. A whole lobster is going begging. Please eat some more.
•There are many excellent books in the library just going begging because people don't know they are there.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
begging bowl — noun A bowl carried by beggars, esp certain orders of monks, to receive food, money, etc (often figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * ˈbegging bowl 8 [begging bowl] noun a bowl held out by sb asking for food or money: ( … Useful english dictionary
begging letter — noun A letter soliciting charity, esp money • • • Main Entry: ↑beg * * * begging letter UK US noun [countable] [singular begging letter plural begging let … Useful english dictionary
Begging Burros — is a name used to refer to the donkeys in Custer State Park in South Dakota, United States. For many years, these donkeys have earned this nickname as they approach various passing cars through the park begging for food. After earning this… … Wikipedia
begging bowl — begging bowls N COUNT If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with a begging bowl, it asks them for money. [mainly BRIT] He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl … English dictionary
begging letter — begging letters N COUNT (disapproval) A begging letter is a letter from a person or organization in which they ask you to send some money for a particular purpose. [mainly BRIT] He has received sacks of begging letters following reports about his … English dictionary
begging bowl — begging .bowl n 1.) used to talk about a request for money made by an organization or country ▪ Arts and theatre groups are constantly thrusting the begging bowl at the government. 2.) a container which a beggar holds out to people for money … Dictionary of contemporary English
begging — index request Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Begging — For other uses, see Begging (disambiguation). Beggar redirects here. It is not to be confused with Begga or Bega. Begging is to entreat earnestly, implore, or supplicate. It often occurs for the purpose of securing a material benefit,… … Wikipedia
Begging You — Infobox Single | Name = Begging You Artist = The Stone Roses from Album = Second Coming Released = November, 1995 Format = CD, cassette, vinyl record 12 Recorded = 1993 1994 (Written 1993) Genre = Madchester, Indie rock Length = 4:52 Label =… … Wikipedia
Begging the question — Bust of Aristotle, whose Prior Analytics contained an early discussion of this fallacy. Begging the question (or petitio principii, assuming the initial point ) is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed… … Wikipedia
BEGGING AND BEGGARS — Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of leket, shikhḥah , and pe… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
