curse like a sailor
curse like a sailor
To use profanities or vulgar language very freely or frequently. (An allusion to the rough language presumed to be used by navy personnel.) My little sister has been cursing like a sailor ever since she started college. My granny is the sweetest old lady you'll ever meet, but she curses like a sailor when she gets to talking about someone or something she doesn't like.
See also: curse, like, sailor
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- sailor
- cuss like a sailor
- swear like a sailor
- curse like a trooper
- trooper
- cuss like a trooper
- swear like a trooper
- swear like a trooper, to
- curse out
- grandmother