Idiom: Throw your toys out of the pram
Idiom Definitions for 'Throw your toys out of the pram'
To make an angry protest against a relatively minor problem, in the process embarrassing the protester. The analogy is with a baby who throws toys out of the pram in order to get their parent to pay attention to them. The implication in the idiom is that the protester is acting like a baby.
- Contributed By: David Boothroyd
- Category: General
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Idioms similar to 'Throw your toys out of the pram'
- Throw your toys out of the pram
- Get out of your pram
- Throw someone under the bus
- Throw a curve
- Throw someone a line
- Throw someone in at the deep end
- Throw down the gauntlet
- Not trust someone further than you can throw them
- Throw in the towel
- Throw a sickie
- Throw the book at someone
- Throw someone to the wolves
- Throw your hat in the ring
- Stone's throw
- Throw your weight around
- Throw someone a bone
- Throw a spanner in the works
- Throw pearls to the pigs
- Throw caution to the wind
- Throw a monkey wrench into the works
- Throw the baby out with the bath water
- Don't throw bricks when you live in a glass house
- People who live in glass houses should not throw stones
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