| 单词 | lick one's chops |
| 释义 | lick one's chopsSEE SYNONYMS FOR lick one's chops ON THESAURUS.COM Also, lick one's lips. Anticipate with great pleasure. For example, The kids were licking their chops as Mother described the family vacation plans, or I couldn't help but lick my lips when she talked about the menu. Both expressions allude to anticipating a tasty morsel of food. The second is the older, dating from about 1500 and used interchangeably with lick one's fingers, now seldom heard. The first also served as 1930s jazz slang for warming up, chops meaning “the jaw or mouth” (a usage dating from the 1300s). Words nearby lick one's chopslickety-split, licking, Licking River, lick into shape, Lick Observatory, lick one's chops, lick one's wounds, lick someone's boots, lickspittle, lick the stuffing out of, licorice The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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