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spare tire
spare tire
spare tire
1.
a thickness in the waist; a roll of fat around one's waist.
I've got to get rid of this spare tire. The spare tire started when I was twenty-six.
2.
an unneeded person; an unproductive person.
Gary is a spare tire. Send him home. You spare tires over there! Get to work.
See also:
spare
,
tire
spare tire
Fat around one's middle, as in
He's determined to lose ten pounds and that spare tire he's acquired
. This expression transfers the term for an extra tire carried in cars in case of a flat tire to excess fat around the waist. [
Colloquial
; mid-1900s]
See also:
spare
,
tire
spare tire
1.
n.
a thickness in the waist; a roll of fat around one’s waist.
The spare tire started when I was twenty-six.
2.
n.
an unneeded person; an unproductive person.
Gary is a spare tire. Send him home.
See also:
spare
,
tire
Common Names:
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Gender
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Avraham
ah-vrah-HAHM
(Jewish)
Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Curro
-
Spanish
Randa
-
Arabic
Sandu
-
Romanian
Burger
['bə:gə]
Rifka
-
Yiddish
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