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- Babe in arms
- A babe in arms is a very young child, or a person who is very young to be holding a position.
- Babe in the woods
- A babe in the woods is a naive, defenceless, young person.
- Baby boomer
- (USA) A baby boomer is someone born in the years after the end of the Second World War, a period when the population was growing very fast.
- Blue-eyed boy
- Someone's blue-eyed boy is their favourite person.
- Child's play
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If something is child's play, it is very easy and simple.
- Hold the baby
- (UK) If someone is responsible for something, they are holding the baby.
- It takes a village to raise a child
- It takes many people to teach a child all that he or she should know.
- Jobs for the boys
- Where people give jobs, contracts, etc, to their friends and associates, these are jobs for the boys.
- Like a kid in a candy store
- If someone is like a kid in a candy store, they are very excited about something.
- Mummy's boy
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A man who is still very dependent on his mother is a mummy's boy.
- New kid on the block
- A new kid on the block is a person who has recently joined a company, organisation, team, etc, and does not know how things work yet.
- Out of the mouths of babes
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People say this when children unexpectedly say something very intelligent or wise.
- Sleep like a baby
- If you sleep very well, you sleep like a baby.
- Spare the rod and spoil the child
- This means that if you don't discipline children, they will become spoilt.
- Spit the dummy
- Reference to an infant spitting out their dummy (or pacifier) in order to cry. 'To spit the dummy' is to give up.
- Tar baby
- A tar baby is a problem that gets worse when people try to sort it out.
- Throw the baby out with the bath water
- If you get rid of useful things when discarding inessential things, you throw the baby out with the bath water.
- With child
- (UK) If a woman's with child, she's pregnant.
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