A list of phrases about children.

A list of phrases about children

A list of phrases about children The English-speaking world rates children very highly and so we might expect there to be numerous phrases and sayings that relate to them. In fact, there are very few. Here's a select list:

Ankle biter

As easy as taking candy from a baby

As happy as a sandboy

Children should be seen and not heard

Chip off the old block

First dibs

Generation X

Goody two-shoes

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child

New kid on the block

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings

Pester power

Ring a ring o'roses, a pocketfull of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down

Son of a gun

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Women and children first

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A list of phrases about children

A list of phrases about children