- play the goat
- (of a male)to be promiscuousBut to play the giddy goat means merely to act stupidly.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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play the goat — act/play/the goat british informal phrase to deliberately behave in a stupid way Thesaurus: to behave in a silly waysynonym Main entry: goat … Useful english dictionary
play the goat — informal to behave in a silly way, sometimes in order to make people laugh. Insecure and lonely, he resorted to acting the goat to get people s attention … New idioms dictionary
The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan — is a Serbian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book .The incident appears as part of the legends of Midas in classical times, but not all of the legend appears in the fairy tale.ynopsisThe emperor Trojan had goat s ears, but … Wikipedia
play the giddy goat — To act the fool • • • Main Entry: ↑giddy … Useful english dictionary
act the goat — act/play/the goat british informal phrase to deliberately behave in a stupid way Thesaurus: to behave in a silly waysynonym Main entry: goat … Useful english dictionary
The Feast of the Goat — infobox Book | name = The Feast of the Goat title orig = La fiesta del chivo translator = Edith Grossman image caption = The cover of a recent translation. author = Mario Vargas Llosa illustrator = cover artist = country = Peru language = Spanish … Wikipedia
play the fool — CLOWN ABOUT/AROUND, fool about/around, mess about/around, lark about/around, monkey about/around, joke; informal horse about/around, act the goat; Brit. informal muck about/around. → play * * * play/act/the fool … Useful english dictionary
goat — [gəut US gout] n [: Old English; Origin: gat] 1.) an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks. Goats live wild in the mountains or are kept as farm animals. 2.) get sb s goat… … Dictionary of contemporary English
goat-house — obsolete a brothel A goat was a promiscuous male, from the Grecian god Pan and the general reputation of billy goats: [Baldwin defaced] pictures of the Welshman in his photograph collection, ensuring his devilish resemblance to the… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
goat */ — UK [ɡəʊt] / US [ɡoʊt] noun [countable] Word forms goat : singular goat plural goats 1) an animal similar to a sheep but with longer legs and a thinner coat. The male goat is called a billy goat and the female is called a nanny goat. A young goat… … English dictionary
