Sodom
/ˈsɒdəm
/1A town in ancient Palestine, probably south of the Dead Sea. According to Gen. 19:24 it was destroyed by fire from heaven, together with Gomorrah, for the wickedness of its inhabitants.
1.1 (as noun a Sodom) A wicked or depraved place: the city has always been more than a tawdry Sodom and Gomorrah...
- ‘We want to stop the hurried flight of humanity towards a Sodom and Gomorra situation, and we want to save it,’ he added.
- Some may call Gotham City a Sodom and Gomorra of the modern era, but even with its faults and abundance of vice, there are still good people there trying to survive.
- Clearly only a man of iron self-discipline can be trusted in such a Sodom.
Rhymes
- you-all's
- you-alls
- you and whose army?
- you and yours
- you are welcome
- you bet
- you betcha
- you (can) bet your boots
- you (can) bet your bottom dollar
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather