swallow the dictionary



swallow the dictionary

tv. to acquire an enormous vocabulary. (Usually in the past tense.) My uncle says I’ve swallowed the dictionary. That’s because I know so many big words.
See also: swallow

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HyunhyunKorean
Herleva-Ancient Germanic
Rafinha-Portuguese
Leofstan-Anglo-Saxon
AgnÈSan-YES (French) French, Catalan
Ylva-Swedish, Norwegian