a walking
a walking (something)
The living embodiment of something; a person who has or displays the characteristics of something. First, I lock myself out of the house, then my grocery bag breaks in the parking lot, and now I stepped on my glasses—I'm just a walking disaster today! If you've ever had to spend a lot of time with kids, you know they're basically just walking petri dishes of germs and bacteria.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a walking
If you describe someone as a walking something, you mean that they are an example of that thing or have the characteristics of that thing. She was seen by both lay people and clerics as a walking miracle. Wayne is a walking disaster.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
a walking —
someone who notably embodies the characteristics of something. informal 1989 Charles Shaar Murray Crosstown Traffic He is…a dubious political philosopher and a walking disaster area as a businessman.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- a walking (something)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- a fast talker
- a/the feel of (something)
- all righty
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- a crack at (someone or something)
- (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
- all right
- (you) wanna make something of it?