When the prizefighter was knocked out cold by a right to the chin in the first round, the newspapers said he had a glass jaw.
•Once a fighter has a glass jaw, he's finished as a boxer.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Have a glass jaw — be defeated easily; be a push over (from boxing slang glass jaw a boxer s jaw that is broken easily) … Dictionary of Australian slang
have a glass jaw — Australian Slang be defeated easily; be a push over (from boxing slang glass jaw a boxer s jaw that is broken easily) … English dialects glossary
glass jaw — {n.}, {slang} The inability of a boxer to get a hard punch on the jaw without being knocked out; a tendency to be knocked out easily. * /He would have been champion except for his glass jaw./ … Dictionary of American idioms
glass jaw — {n.}, {slang} The inability of a boxer to get a hard punch on the jaw without being knocked out; a tendency to be knocked out easily. * /He would have been champion except for his glass jaw./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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