Phrases related to: prone

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prone out	In order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lose one's head if it wasn't attached	prone to mislaying things.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
fall over	To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
pie in the sky	A belief that one's wildest dreams shall come true. A devotee, of pie in the sky is prone to believe the most impossible possibility. The taller the tale you can spin, the greater chance he'll buy into it!	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
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)
creature of habit	One who is prone to routine.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
praecipitem in iram esse (Liv. 23. 7)	to be short-tempered; to be prone to anger.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spanner	A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)