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call someone everything but a child of God

idiom
Meaning

To call someone many abusive names.


Examples
SIMPLE

The angry driver called the other person everything but a child of God.

CONTEXTUAL

After the argument escalated, the neighbor lost his temper and called the landlord everything but a child of God.

COMPLEX

The enraged customer shouted at the manager, calling him everything but a child of God until security finally escorted him from the building.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  2. 02

    as if someone owns the place

    Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

  3. 03

    beat someone round the ears

    To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

  4. 04

    bless someone with

    To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

  5. 05

    bow down before the porcelain god

    Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).

  6. 06

    bring someone to their knees

    To defeat and make submit to orders.

  7. 07

    call a lid

    To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.

  8. 08

    call a spade a spade

    To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are.

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