itsy-bitsy

itsy-bitsy

Very small or petite; tiny. May I have an itsy-bitsy bite of your salmon? I just want a taste of it. How can you be afraid of such an itsy-bitsy spider?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

itsy-bitsy

verb
See itty-bitty
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bitsy
  • itsy
  • incy-wincy
  • have a bite
  • take a bite out of
  • take a bite out of (something)
  • take a bite out of something
  • garden variety
  • strike from
  • strike from (something)
References in periodicals archive
Dispensing with the classic leathers designed to protect your body in a crash, Geri wore an itsy-bitsy leopard-skin bikini, a pair of tan-coloured calf-length boots and a black lace cardigan for her biker trip round the sun-soaked paradise.
Spot the star in a leopard skin bikini
She paraded in an itsy-bitsy number, looking radiant.
Oprah Swim-frey!
The rookie boarder got some admiring glances from the beach boys in Hawaii as she took to the waves in an itsy-bitsy outfit.
First surf to Miss Williams
Blonde Anna, 22 - her golden skin lightly tanned - squeezed into a collection of itsy-bitsy breathtaking bikinis.
ALL OVA T-ANNA! Tennis beauty serves up her sexiest ever shots PICTURE EXCLUSIVE
The singer celebrated losing an impressive 20lbs in 30 days by parading around a Malibu beach in an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny bikini.
3am: FITNEY SPEARS
Former Brookside babe Anna Friel stripped off to yellow itsy-bitsy bikini bottoms to sizzle in the sun.
Anna Friels sun on her seefront!; STAR'S TOPLESS HOL
And frolicking about in an itsy-bitsy bikini, she showed off her gorgeous figure.
3am: Sienna's spiller
SOAP babe Tracy Shaw pharoah looks good as she soaks up the sun in an itsy-bitsy cheque bikini in Egypt.
Corrie's Tracy is in great sheikh
The hotel heiress's chest looked as flat as her ultra-slim stomach when she posed on Malibu beach, California, in an itsy-bitsy bikini top.
Well Paris, you really are a changed woman; EXCLUSIVE
Danniella - showing off her silicon-boosted curves in an itsy-bitsy orangey stripey bikini - emigrated two months ago after marrying Ben following a whirlwind romance.
Danni Down Under
Surely this one could fetch an itsy-bitsy bid more...
Myleene looks bid of all right
BRITNEY Dress is mess on pop star' PARIS Itsy-bitsy It Girl in fishnets' LINDSAY Thigh's the limit...the LBD looks more like a silk nightie on L-Lo' THANDIE
THE LITTLEST BLACK DRESS
YOU'VE got the itsy-bitsy bikini and the blockbuster novel, but what can you do to prepare your body for the beach?
7 STEPS TO LOOKING GOOD ON HOLIDAY; GLAMOUR ON A BUDGET
PARIS Hilton shows an itsy-bitsy bit more than she intended after taking a dip in the ocean on a sunshine holiday.
PARIS PATCH; Bot's that she's got on her bum?
True, the costume does have dots - but by the dental-floss standards of most female beachwear it is by no stretch of even the dirtiest imagination itsy-bitsy. My team of researchers have studied the photographs and have returned with the conclusion that the Kaplinsky swimwear adequately covers both breasts and buttocks.
Tony Parsons: It's Nat that teeny