wirrah
/ˈwɪrə/(also wirra) Australian
noun
Any of several Australian inshore fishes of the serranid genus Acanthistius, especially A. serratus of western Australia and A. ocellatus of eastern Australia, both of which are greenish brown with blue spots.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Probably from an Australian Aboriginal language.
- take someone's point
- take someone's word (for it)
- take someone/thing by surprise
- take someone/thing out
- take someone/thing seriously
- take someone to law
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed
- take someone up
- take someone up on
- take some (or a lot of) beating
- take something amiss
- take something apart
- take something as read
- take something away
- take something back
- take something by storm
- take something down
- take something forward
- take something ill
- take something in
- take something in good part
- take something in hand
- take something in one's stride (also take something in stride)