baby's tears
noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
variants or less commonly baby tears
: a prostrate or creeping sparsely hairy Corsican herb (Soleirolia soleirolii synonym Helxine soleirolii) of the family Urticaceae often grown especially as a house plant for its mosslike small round short-stalked leaves
Word History
First Known Use
1930, in the meaning defined above
- have/get a corner on
- have/get one's (own) way
- have/get one's head (screwed) on right/straight
- have/get one's nose/snout in the trough
- have/get the goods on
- have/get the last laugh
- have/hold the lead
- have/hold/want no truck with
- have/keep (something) up one's sleeve
- have/keep an/one's eye out for
- have/keep half an eye on
- have/keep one's feet on the ground
- have/keep one's guard up
- have/keep/put one's finger on the pulse of
- have/know all the answers
- have/put one's hands in the till
- have/share (something) in common
- have/share more/less in common with
- have/take a butcher's
- have/take a seat
- have/take a tinkle
- have/take a wander
- have/take a whack at
- have/take precedence over
- have/take/get someone's measure