Six weeks of illness left the athlete as weak as a baby.
•John is as weak as a kitten because he doesn't eat well.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
as weak as a baby — very weak, without much strength … English contemporary dictionary
Baby colic — This page is about Baby colic. For other types of colic, see Colic. Cholic redirects here. For cholic acid, see Cholic acid. Colic Classification and external resources Crying newborn … Wikipedia
baby — ba|by1 [ beıbi ] noun count *** ▸ 1 young child/animal ▸ 2 project you care about ▸ 3 someone being weak or silly ▸ 4 someone you love ▸ 5 youngest member ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a very young child who cannot yet talk or walk. A baby who is old enough… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Baby talk — This article is about speech directed at babies. For speech like sounds produced by babies, see babbling. For other uses, see Baby talk (disambiguation). Whoopsie daisy redirects here. For the song by Terri Walker, see L.O.V.E (album). Baby talk … Wikipedia
baby — I UK [ˈbeɪbɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms baby : singular baby plural babies *** Talking or writing about having a baby: talking about a baby unborn child or foetus medical a baby when it is developing in its mother s body: There is strong… … English dictionary
Baby (The Detroit Cobras album) — Infobox Album Name = Baby (2005) Type = Album Artist = The Detroit Cobras Released = Sept 27, 2005 Genre = Garage Soul Punk blues Label = Bloodshot Last album = Life, Love and Leaving (2001) This album = Baby (2005) Next album = Tied True (2007)… … Wikipedia
baby — Synonyms and related words: Elzevir, Milquetoast, adolescent, angel, apprentice, babe, babish, baby bunting, baby doll, baby sized, babyish, bambino, bantam, bantling, banty, beginner, big baby, broad, buttercup, catechumen, cater to, cherub,… … Moby Thesaurus
baby*/*/*/ — [ˈbeɪbi] noun [C] 1) a very young child who cannot yet talk or walk their new baby daughter[/ex] Sally s going to have a baby (= give birth) in May.[/ex] 2) a very young animal a baby elephant[/ex] 3) someone who is behaving in a way that is weak … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
baby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. infant, babe, child, tot, kid (inf.); nursling, suckling; off spring. See youth. v. t. pamper. See leniency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Infantile] Syn. youthful, babyish, juvenile; see childish 1 . 2 … English dictionary for students
weak sister — Synonyms and related words: Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, cream puff, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, fraid cat, fraidy cat, funk, funker, goody goody, gutless wonder, invertebrate,… … Moby Thesaurus
Throw out the baby with the bath water — is an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,[1] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.[2] A slightly different… … Wikipedia
