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babe magnet
1. A person, typically male, who is very attractive to women. Often used with a degree of humor or facetiousness. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. John thinks he's such a babe magnet now that he's making so much money, but everyone thinks he's just as foolish as ever.
2. Something that attracts women to its owner, who is typically male. Often used with a degree of humor or facetiousness. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I bought my motorcycle because I thought it would be a great babe magnet.
babe in the woods
A person who is gullible, na?ve, or lacks experience in a specific situation. Although Jane had always excelled in school, she felt like a babe in the woods when she began attending college.
babe in arms
1. An infant. (Based on the fact that an infant is typically carried in an adult's arms). Let me see that precious babe in arms!
2. A person who is gullible, na?ve, or lacks experience in a specific situation. Although Jane had always excelled in school, she felt like a babe in arms when she began attending college.
babe in arms
1. Lit. a very young baby that is carried by an adult. I have known that since I was a babe in arms! A young mother with a babe in arms stood in line with the rest of the students.
2. Fig. an innocent or naive person. He's a babe in arms when it comes to taking girls out. Mary has no idea how to win the election. Politically she's a babe in arms.
babe in the woods
Fig. a naive or innocent person; an inexperienced person. (Like a child lost in the woods.) Bill is a babe in the woods when it comes to dealing with plumbers. As a painter, Mary is fine, but she's a babe in the woods as a musician.
*innocent as a lamb
and *innocent as a newborn babe 1. guiltless. (*Also: as ~.) "Hey! You can't throw me in jail," cried the robber. "I'm innocent as a lamb."
2. naive; inexperienced. (*Also: as ~.) She's eighteen years old, but innocent as a newborn babe.
Out of the mouths of babes (oft times come gems).
Prov. Children occasionally say remarkable or insightful things. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle were quietly bickering in the kitchen when their seven-year-old daughter came in and said, "You guys should get counseling." After a surprised pause, Mrs. Doyle remarked, "out of the mouths of babes." Child: Don't eat so much candy, Mommy. Candy is bad for your teeth. Mother: out of the mouths of babes oft times come gems.
a babe in the woods
someone who has not had much experience in life A few of the players were just babes in the woods, fresh out of high school.
a babe in the woods
(American & Australian) someone who has not had much experience of life and trusts other people too easily When it comes to dealing with men, she's a babe in the woods.
Out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings).
(literary) something that you say when a small child says something that surprises you because it shows an adult's wisdom and understanding of a situation I was so stunned that a child of six could be so adult in her perceptions. Out of the mouths of babes...
babe in arms
An infant, as in She's been a family friend since I was a babe in arms. Although the word "babe" for baby has been used since the 1300s, this phrase describing a child too young to walk (and hence having to be carried) dates only from about 1900.
babe in the woods
An innocent or very naive person who is apt to be duped or victimized, as in She was a babe in the woods where the stock market was concerned. The term originated in a popular ballad of 1595, "The Children in the Wood," about two young orphans who are abandoned in a forest and die.
out of the mouths of babes
Young and inexperienced persons often can be remarkably wise, as in She's only six but she said, quite rightly, that Harry was afraid of the sitter-out of the mouths of babes, Mother said . This expression is a shortening and revision of expressions in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In Psalms 8:2, God ordains strength out of the mouth of babes and sucklings; in Matthew 21:16, praise comes from this source. Later generations changed strength and praise to wisdom.
babe
1. and
babes n. a term of endearment for a woman or a man. (see also
baby.)
Look, babe, get in there and tackle that guy! We’re losing! Hey, babes, let’s us two get this done and head on home. 2. n. a good-looking woman. Who is that babe standing on the corner over there? I saw you with that orange haired babe last night. What’s the story?
babes
verbbabe magnet
and chick magnet1. n. a male who seems to attract good looking females easily. Keep your woman away from Chuck. He’s a babe magnet. Wilfred thinks he’s a chick magnet, but he only snags the dogs.
2. n. something, such as a car, that attracts good-looking females to a male. Man, I like your new chick magnet. Get any yet? He thought of a new car as a “babe magnet,” but all it drew was the repo man.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Topaz | | TO-paz | English (Rare) |
| Chikumbutso | | - | Southern African, Chewa |
| Bernardino | | ber-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Kasey | | KAY-see | English |
| GeneviÈVe | | zhe-nə-VYEV, zhawn-VYEV | French |
| Nyarai | | - | Southern African, Shona |