crossing



cross (one's) bows

To annoy or irritate. Boy, you are really crossing my bows today. Why can't you just do what I ask without arguing about it?
See also: bow, cross

cross the Great Divide

To die. I'm really scared that mom is going to cross the Great Divide any day now. The doctors are saying that it's only a matter of time.
See also: cross, divide, great

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Burnham['bɜ:nəm]
Adalet-Turkish
Ilina-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Beornr&Aelig;D-Anglo-Saxon
Pinchas-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Lyudmilalyood-MEE-lah (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic