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Idiom

good voice to beg bacon

Meaning

An unpleasant-sounding voice.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He has a good voice to beg bacon.”

“The singer struggled to find an audience because she had a good voice to beg bacon.”

“The orator's grating, harsh tone was a good voice to beg bacon, alienating the crowd within minutes.”

Examples

simple

“He has a good voice to beg bacon.”

contextual

“The singer struggled to find an audience because she had a good voice to beg bacon.”

complex

“The orator's grating, harsh tone was a good voice to beg bacon, alienating the crowd within minutes.”

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