blue-bellied
/ˌbluːˈbɛlɪd/adjective
1Especially in the names of animals: having a distinctive blue belly.
2 United States regional ( southern ). derogatory. Designating a person regarded as low, cowardly, or contemptible, especially (in the southern United States) a northerner (sometimes specifically a New Englander).
- From the mid 19th cent. sometimes with punning reference to the blue uniforms worn by Union soldiers..
Origin
Mid 18th century. From blue + bellied.
- as near as
- as near as dammit (or damn it)
- as near as damn it
- (as) nice (or sweet) as pie
- a snowball's chance (in hell)
- (as) nutty as a fruitcake
- asocial
- (as) of right (or by right)
- as often as not
- Asoka
- Asoka Chakra
- Asoka pillar
- as old as the hills
- as one door closes, another opens
- as one man
- a song and dance
- as opposed to
- as (or so) far as it goes
- as (or so) far as —— is concerned
- as (or so) long as
- as (or so) the saying goes (or is)
- as (or when or where) the fancy takes one
- asp
- a spanner (or monkey wrench) in the works
- asparagine