Meaning: a hit on the lip, an injured lip. For example, “Stop bothering her or I’ll give you a fat lip. I’ll hit you.”
Category: Idioms
Idioms are expressions with greater meaning. Phrases like "nick of time" or "in other words" or "for heaven's sake". Definition: a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word understood on its own:
a fifth wheel
Meaning: a useless object, an unnecessary device. For example, “The team already had two guards, so I felt like a fifth wheel.”
a fighting chance
Meaning: a fair chance, a good chance. For example, “If I can get a job interview, I’ll have a fighting chance.”
