reef heron
noun
Either of two herons of tropical and warm temperate coastal areas, Egretta sacra, of south-east Asia and Australasia, and E. gularis, found from West Africa to India, each occurring in slate-grey and white colour phases formerly mistaken for distinct species.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Gould (1804–1881), ornithologist and publisher.
- take one for the team
- take one's chance
- take one's courage in both hands
- take one's cue from
- take oneself off
- take one's hat off to
- take one's leave
- take one's life in one's hands
- take one's medicine
- take one's place
- take one's seat
- take one's time
- take (or bear) the consequences
- take (or bring) someone down a peg or two
- take (or catch) someone's fancy
- take (or draw) someone aside
- take (or draw) someone to/on one side
- take (or get) a pounding
- take (or get) one's lumps
- take (or have) a punt at
- take (or have) pity
- take (or lift) the lid off (or lift the lid on)
- take (or pick) up the slack
- take (or plead) the Fifth
- take (or plead) the Fifth Amendment