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can't stand
can't stand (the sight of) someone or something
and can't stomach someone or somethingFig. [to be] unable to tolerate someone or something; disliking someone or something extremely. (Also with cannot.) I can't stand the sight of cooked carrots. Mr. Jones can't stomach the sight of blood. None of us can stand this place. Nobody can stand Tom when he smokes a cigar.
can't stand
Also, can't abide or bear or stomach . Thoroughly dislike; be unable to put up with something or someone. For example, I can't stand the sight of her; she's obnoxious, or I can't bear to leave the country, or I can't stomach a filthy kitchen. The oldest of these synonymous expressions is can't abide, which Shakespeare used in 2 Henry IV (3:2): "She could not abide Master Shallow." Can't stand dates from the early 1600; can't bear dates from about 1700 and often but not always is used with an infinitive; can't stomach dates from the late 1600s and today is less common than the others.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Nieves | | NYE-ves | Spanish |
Osberht | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
Proteus | | - | Greek Mythology |
Roddy | | RAH-dee (English) | English, Scottish |
Tauno | | TOW-no | Finnish |
Horacio | | o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |