visit from the stork

visit from the stork
a visit from the stork
Fig. a birth. (According to legend, babies are brought to their parents by a stork.) •

I hear that Maria is expecting a visit from the stork.

The young couple had a visit from the stork.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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