give your right arm
informalDefinition
› If you say that you would give your right arm to do or have something, you mean you would like it very much: I would give my right arm to meet the president.Wanting thingsHoping and hopefulness
(Definition of give your right arm from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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give voice to sth idiom
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give way idiom
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give way to sth idiom
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give your eyeteeth for sth idiom
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give your life to sth idiom
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give your word idiom
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give yourself over/up to sth phrasal verb
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give yourself up phrasal verb
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give/allow sth full play idiom
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give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- ache for sth phrasal verb
- acquisitive adjective (WANTING THINGS)
- ambitious adjective
- angle for sth phrasal verb
- aspirant noun
- desire verb (WANT)
- desirous adjective
- dream about/of sth phrasal verb
- fall over yourself idiom
- give your eyeteeth for sth idiom
- impulse noun (WISH)
- incline verb (FEEL)
- need verb (MUST HAVE)
- pant for/after sb/sth phrasal verb
- pine for sth/sb phrasal verb
- queue verb
- reach for the stars idiom
- taker noun (ACCEPT)
- yearn verb
- your heart's desire idiom
Topic:
Wanting things
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