Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: language contact Page #3

Yee yee! We've found 112 phrases and idioms matching language contact.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
TMTOWTDIAcronym of there's more than one way to do it : a motto associated with the Perl programming language.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
touchy-feelyHaving a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
turn the air blueTo speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
up againstIn contact with, abutting.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
vamp or a trampAn individual of dual presence in manner of dress, demeanor, speech, body language.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
watch one's mouthIn the imperative form, used as a warning to avoid or stop using inappropriate language, especially profanity, or disrespectful utterances.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
watch one's mouthTo be careful about what one says, especially with regard to disrespectful or profane language.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
words of one syllableSimple, clear, straightforward language; blunt language.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
Иван родил девчонку, велел тащить пелёнкуgrammatical cases of the Russian languageRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
離鄉不離腔leaving hometown, does not forget languageRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
離鄉無離腔leaving hometown, does not forget languageRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for language contact:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
They're stuck in the _______ race.
A best
B worst
C longest
D rat