VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Babe In Arms

Meaning:

A baby being carried

Examples:

  • Let me see that precious babe in arms!
  • Although Jane had always excelled in school, she felt like a babe in arms when she began attending college.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The family have always cycled, and Chris has been going to races since he was a babe in arms. I first appeared on stage as a babe in arms, and my mother just assumed I would become an actor.