have a glass jaw



have a glass jaw

Fig. to be susceptible to a knockout when struck on the head. (Said only of boxers who are frequently knocked down by a blow to the head.) When the prizefighter was knocked out cold by a right to the chin in the first round, the newspapers said he had a glass jaw. Once a fighter has a glass jaw, he's finished as a boxer.
See also: glass, have, jaw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alvis-Norse Mythology
Andrija-Croatian, Serbian
Endzela-Georgian
Archil-Georgian
AndrzejAHND-zhayPolish
AstridAH-strid (Swedish), AH-stree (Norwegian), AHS-trit (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French