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a (real) toad-choker
A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real toad-choker out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a toad-choker like this!
a (real) toad-strangler
A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real toad-strangler out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a toad-strangler like this!
biggest frog in the puddle
and biggest toad in the puddleProv. The most important or powerful person in some small, unimportant group. Jill: Elaine seems to be obsessed with becoming class president. Jane: Yes, she really wants to be the biggest frog in the puddle. The people in my office don't care about doing their work; mostly they compete over who will be the biggest toad in the puddle.
*ugly as a toad
[of a living creature] very ugly. (*Also:as ~.) Maria may be a beautiful woman, but when she was a child she was as ugly as a toad. The shopkeeper was ugly as a toad, but he was kind and generous, and everyone loved him.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
ReİS | | - | Turkish |
&Thorn;ÓRgnÝR | | - | Ancient Scandinavian |
Darden | | DAHR-dən | English (Rare) |
Piet | | PEET | Dutch |
Milla | | MEEL-lah (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish |
Olubunmi | | - | Western African, Yoruba |