pint-sized
pint-sized
If you describe someone or something as pint-sized, you think they are smaller than is normal or smaller than they should be. (INFORMAL)
Two pint-sized kids emerged from a doorway.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= diminutive
Shut your trap!
If someone tells you to shut your trap or keep your trap shut, they are telling you rudely that you should be quiet and not say anything. (INFORMAL, RUDE)
PHR: V inflects
= shut up
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show-and-tell
nounN. AMER.
1.
a teaching method, used especially in teaching young children, in which pupils are encouraged to bring items they have selected to class and describe them to their classmates.
"I was the kid in the neighborhood who caught black snakes and took them to school for show-and-tell"
Use pictures as a show-and-tell vehicle for your young one to help bring family elders to life.
The nice thing is, it allows them to easily take their garden to school for show-and-tell.
If need be, drag her onto the bed with her jewelry box for show-and-tell.
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pint-sized
If you describe someone or something as pint-sized, you think they are smaller than is normal or smaller than they should be. (INFORMAL)
Two pint-sized kids emerged from a doorway.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= diminutive
Shut your trap!
If someone tells you to shut your trap or keep your trap shut, they are telling you rudely that you should be quiet and not say anything. (INFORMAL, RUDE)
PHR: V inflects
= shut up
(c) HarperCollins Publishers.
show-and-tell
nounN. AMER.
1.
a teaching method, used especially in teaching young children, in which pupils are encouraged to bring items they have selected to class and describe them to their classmates.
"I was the kid in the neighborhood who caught black snakes and took them to school for show-and-tell"
Use pictures as a show-and-tell vehicle for your young one to help bring family elders to life.
The nice thing is, it allows them to easily take their garden to school for show-and-tell.
If need be, drag her onto the bed with her jewelry box for show-and-tell.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
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