make baby Jesus cry
To provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Wearing socks with sandals will make baby Jesus cry.”
“If you put pineapple on your pizza, you will make baby Jesus cry.”
“His decision to abandon the project at the final hour was enough to make baby Jesus cry.”
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absence makes the heart grow fonder
One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
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babies in the eyes
The minute reflection which one sees of oneself in the eyes of another.
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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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basin of gravy
[Cockney slang]baby
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be left holding the baby
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
Last updated August 10, 2026