Look at that cute little basin of gravy.
basin of gravy
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
baby
Origin
Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.
The new parents were exhausted but happy to finally bring their basin of gravy home.
The entire family gathered around the cradle to catch a glimpse of the sleeping basin of gravy.
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baby and bathwater
Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
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baby elephant in the room
An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.
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baby step
A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
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baby up
To treat as a baby.
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be left holding the baby
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
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food baby
A protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.
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leave someone holding the baby
To abandon someone and put them in a position where they must take the responsibility or blame.
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make baby Jesus cry
To provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.