with child

with child
*with child
Euph. pregnant. (Biblical. *Typically: be \with child; get a woman \with child.) •

The first thing he did after he got married was to get his wife with child.

She deliberately set out to get herself with child, as they say.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • with child — (UK) If a woman s with child, she s pregnant …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • with child — ► with child archaic pregnant. Main Entry: ↑child …   English terms dictionary

  • with child — adjective in an advanced stage of pregnancy was big with child was great with child • Syn: ↑big, ↑enceinte, ↑expectant, ↑gravid, ↑great, ↑large, ↑heavy …   Useful english dictionary

  • With Child — infobox Book | name = With Child title orig = translator = image caption = author = Laurie R. King illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Kate Martinelli series genre = Novel publisher = Bantam Books… …   Wikipedia

  • with child — Synonyms and related words: anticipating, big with child, big laden, breeding, carrying, carrying a fetus, expecting, gestating, gravid, great, heavy, heavy with child, knocked up, parturient, preggers, pregnant, superfetate, superimpregnated,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • with child — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • with child — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Going to have a baby; pregnant. * /The angel told Mary she was with child./ Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • with child — adjective Pregnant. I would there were no age between sixteen and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting …   Wiktionary

  • with\ child — adv. phr. literary Going to have a baby; pregnant. The angel told Mary she was with child. Compare: in a family way or in the family way …   Словарь американских идиом

  • with child — (UK)    If a woman s with child, she s pregnant.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • with child —    pregnant    Standard English, and not just somebody left holding the baby:     Once he had got a girl with child. (G. Greene, 1932) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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