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Apr 17, 2019 · Senior Member. Owlman is right: "action figure" for toys that look like men/boys, "doll" for girls' toys. BUT - if the figure is Wonderwoman then that would be an action figure simply because she's kicking butts and killing bad guys. Most girls toys are not "kicking butts and killing bad guys" so we just call them "dolls".
Jun 13, 2012 · He's an old doll. Always bringing us sweets.") It doesn't refer to physical appearance, but to a person being loveable. "Could you be a doll and do this for me" is a way of asking for a favor. But I heartily agree that speaking this way to a subordinate is patronising. P.
Jul 17, 2015 · Doll vs Dummy. Thread starter Tony100000; Start date Jul 17, 2015; Tony100000 Senior Member ...
Oct 12, 2016 · doll's pram is what I would write, it is a pram for a doll. By definition it would be small and could equally well be called a toy-pram. toy-pram indicates it is a pram for playing with. doll pram seems wrong to me, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear someone use it.
May 29, 2020 · "Doll's house" is well-known by native speakers to mean "a toy house" though it's probably more often "dollhouse", "doll-house", or "doll house". She got a doll's house for Christmas, but she has no dolls to go with it. (There's no doll, but there's still a doll's house.) Also, in this case, there's no particular doll to assign ownership to.
Aug 17, 2010 · English-US. Aug 17, 2010. #2. This is a variant of the old saying "Close, but no cigar". As you probably know, Kewpie dolls were popular in the early twentieth century and were often awarded as carnival prizes. Therefore, "Close, but no Kewpie doll" means that you almost got something right, but you weren't right and won't get any prize for ...
Jan 29, 2007 · Devil doll stool pigeons are, as has been suggested, police informants. Here's where the wordplay comes in. They are heroin addicts. Devil doll is a voodoo doll all right...the police pay the pigeons money that will be used to buy heroin, and they will stick pins/needles into themselves. If true, it's neat.
Nov 27, 2014 · Nov 27, 2014. #4. Wikipedia says "A roly-poly toy, round-bottomed doll, tilting doll, tumbler or wobbly man is a toy that rights itself when pushed over". The only one of those I've ever heard is "roly-poly", which is a traditional British pudding made with a suet pastry, or an adjective referring to the shape of somebody who has enjoyed far ...
Apr 16, 2007 · Spanish/Argentina. Apr 17, 2007. #4. No se pronuncian igual. Y como tienen diferente función las puedes reconocer. dull es un adjetivo (se pronuncia como 'tall') doll un sustantivo (se pronuncia como 'ball')
Apr 7, 2011 · The characters in this book are buying some gifts when she says: そのお人形、いいんじゃない translated as "That doll is nice". How come?. いいんじゃない seems to mean the opposite to me: いい=good. のです=in fact. じゃない=negative of です. Joining them all, it give to my mind the simple polite sentence "It isn't good"...
