Phrases related to: latter

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at latter lammas	Never.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
latter day	modern	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
vastly differs from the latter	Something different from the latest things (In a good way)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dog in the hunt	This is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
prendre l'habit	To become a monk or a nun (of the latter, To take the veil).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sell a bargain	A species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)