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(as) bald as a baby's backside
slang Totally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's bald as a baby's backside. The medicine they gave me to treat the disease left me bald as a baby's backside! If you take after my side of the family, you'll be as bald as a baby's backside by 45.
(as) bald as a billiard ball
Totally bald. Balls used in billiards are shiny and smooth. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's bald as a billiard ball. The medicine they gave me to treat the disease left me bald as a billiard ball! If you take after my side of the family, you'll be as bald as a billiard ball by 45.
(as) bald as a cue ball
Totally bald. Likened to the smooth, shiny white ball used in cue sports like pool or snooker. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's as bald as a cue ball. The medicine they gave me to treat the disease left me bald as a cue ball! If you take after my side of the family, you'll be as bald as a cue ball by 45.
(as) bald as an eagle
Totally bald. A reference to the bald eagle (so called because of an older meaning of "bald," referring to the white color of its head). My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's as bald as an eagle. The medicine they gave me to treat the disease left me bald as an eagle! If you take after my side of the family, you'll be as bald as an eagle by 45.
(as) bald as an egg
Totally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's as bald as an egg. The medicine they gave me to treat the disease left me bald as an egg! If you take after my side of the family, you'll be as bald as an egg by 45.
bald as a coot
Totally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's bald as a coot.
bald-faced liar
One who tells blatantly obvious or impudent untruths easily and with little or no attempt to disguise the lie. Everyone knows he is just a bald-faced liar. It's a wonder anyone believes a thing he says anymore.
See also: liar
bald-faced lie
A blatantly obvious or impudent untruth, one in which the liar does not attempt to disguise their mendacity. Our son tells us nothing but bald-faced lies when we ask him where he goes at night.
See also: lie
bald-headed hermit
vulgar slang A penis. Hey, I don't want to see your bald-headed hermit—pull up your pants!
bald-headed mouse
vulgar slang A penis. Hey, I don't want to see your bald-headed mouse—pull up your pants!
See also: mouse
be as bald as a coot
To be totally bald. My father had long hair as a teen, but now he's as bald as a coot.
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*bald as a coot
and *bald as a baby's backsidecompletely bald. (*Also: as ~.) If Tom's hair keeps receding like that, he'll be bald as a coot by the time he's thirty. Fred: Now, I'll admit my hair is thinning a little on the top, but—Jane: Thinning? You're not thinning, you're as bald as a baby's backside!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
as bald as a coot
completely bald.The coot (Fulica atra) has a broad white shield extending up from the base of its bill. The history of the word bald is somewhat obscure, but analogies with other northern European languages suggest a connection with the idea of ‘having a white patch or streak’.
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(as) bald as a ˈcoot
having no hair on your head at all: Why did you buy him a hairbrush? He’s as bald as a coot!A coot is a black bird with a white patch on its forehead that lives on or near water.
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bald-headed hermit
and bald-headed mouse and one-eyed pants mouse n. the penis. (Usually objectionable.) Somebody said something about the attack of the one-eyed pants mouse, and all the boys howled with laughter. Although “bald-headed hermit” gave her mental images of Ghandi on vacation, she soon figured out the riddle.
bald-headed mouse
verbSee also: mouse
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bald as a coot/billiard ball
Very bald indeed. The coot is a black waterbird whose white bill extends up to the forehead, making it appear to be bald. Indeed, this bird was already being called a balled cote in the thirteenth century. The later simile, to a billiard ball, has been less recorded, but since billiards was already popular in Shakespeare’s day it cannot be of very recent origin.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer