standing joke

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standing joke

a subject that regularly and over a period of time causes amusement whenever it is mentioned. Uncle Jim's driving was a standing joke. He used to drive incredibly slowly. Their mother's inability to make a decision was a standing joke in the smith family all their lives.

See also: joke, standing

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She was convinced that Margaret had fixed on a person whose name she could not bear with composure to become a standing joke with Mrs. Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context Her loquacity was a standing joke between them, and he answered: Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Language cannot describe the anxieties, experiences, and exertions which Jo underwent that morning, and the dinner she served up became a standing joke. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context			stand out from the crowd stand out like a sore thumb stand outside stand over stand pat stand shoulder to shoulder stand tall stand the test of time stand there with bare face hanging out stand to a treat stand to lose stand to reason stand together stand trial stand up stand up against stand up and be counted stand up for stand up in court stand up to stand up with stand well with stand with standard standing standing joke standstill star star as star in star-crossed lovers starch stare stare at stare down stare in the face stare into stare out at stark stark naked stark raving mad starry-eyed stars in eyes start start as start back start for start from start from scratch start in start in on			standing ground standing ground standing ground standing ground Standing Group of Partners' Medical Experts Standing Group on Health Technology Standing Group on International Relations standing guard standing guard standing guard standing guard standing gutter standing heat standing heat2 standing in standing in standing in standing in Standing in Doorways Syndrome standing in good stead standing in good stead standing in good stead Standing In Nutritious Kitchens Ingesting Everything standing in the place of Standing in the Shadows Standing in the Shower... Thinking Standing Interpretations Committee Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Force Headquarters Standing Joint Task Force standing joke standing knee height standing lateral standing leaf Standing Lenticular Cirrocumulus Clouds Standing Liberty Quarter Standing Light Wave Standing long jump Standing Medical Orders Standing mute Standing NATO Standing Naval Force Standing Naval Force Atlantic Standing Naval Force Channel Standing Naval Force Mediterranean Standing Naval Force, Atlantic Standing Naval Force, Mediterranean Standing Naval Forces Atlantic Standing Naval Maritime Group 1 Standing North Atlantic Council Standing NRF Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee Standing o standing off standing off standing off standing off Standing Offer Agreement

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