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
KjellSHELSwedish, Norwegian
Thu-Vietnamese
Vitalivee-TAH-lee (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
Nilofer-Indian (Muslim)
Singh-Indian (Sikh)
Ajay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil