“in the”

The following 235 entries include the term in the.

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snake in the grass

noun phrase

: a secretly faithless friend

soft in the head

idiomatic phrase

stick-in-the-mud

noun

: one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive

theater-in-the-round

noun

: a theater in which the stage is located in the center of the auditorium

birdie in the cage

noun

: a square-dance figure in which three members of a two-couple team encircle the fourth dancer

bird-in-the-bush

noun

birds-in-the-bush

noun

blown-in-the-bottle

adjective

common in the soil

: the right to dig and take away a part of the soil or minerals of another's land

farmer in the dell

: a ring game in which one player chosen as the farmer occupies the center of the ring, others being called to join him as wife, child, nurse, cat, rat, and cheese and then sent away in reverse order while the players remaining in the ring circle about the farmer singing appropriate verses

Jack-in-the-Green

noun

: a man or boy enclosed in a conical framework covered with leaves and boughs to take a prominent part in the May Day games of English chimney sweeps

jacks-in-the-green

plural of jack-in-the-green

kiss-in-the-ring

noun

: drop the handkerchief in which the pursuing player may kiss the player he catches

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