air bags

air bags

1. Protective devices in a car that inflate upon significant impact. It was a very minor accident, Mom—it didn't set off the air bags or anything.
2. The lungs. I need to get some of that fresh mountain air into my air bags from time to time.
See also: air, bag
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

air-bags

n. the lungs. Fill those air-bags with good Colorado air!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • air-bags
  • What number are you calling from?
  • inflate
  • inflate (something) with (something)
  • inflate with
  • inflated
  • pad the bill
  • bio mom
  • be (someone's) funeral
  • it's someone's funeral
References in periodicals archive
auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles equipped with bags that may not inflate in a crash.
U.S. expands probe into air bag failures
The settlement amount is more than half of what the plaintiffs class believes it could have won at trial if damages were calculated based on how much the automakers paid for and marked up Takata air bags, according to court documents.
4 Automakers Agree to Pay $553M on Takata Air Bag Claims
All of the 72,885 UK vehicles affected were manufactured between April 2006 and August 2015, with those recalled over air bag concerns produced between October 2008 and August 2012.
Faults force recall of thousands of Toyotas
The air bags were not made by Takata, according to Toyota.
Firm recalls 1.4m cars in air bag alert; MOTORS
In total, ten deaths worldwide and nine in the United States have been linked to Takata's air bag inflators, all but one involving Honda models.
BMW, Daimler and VW recall 2.5 million vehicles
Takata uses ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion that quickly inflates its air bags. But government investigators say the chemical can burn faster than designed if exposed to prolonged airborne moisture.
Honda adds 105,000 vehicles to air bag recall
to date have been killed by exploding Takata air bags, and 10 different automakers have recalled vehicles with the Takata air bags that are on either the driver's or passenger's side of the vehicle.--Linda Ball
Japan charters rise with port crisis, air bag recall
safety regulators on Wednesday ordered the company to expand a regional recall of driver-side air bags to cover the entire United States, not just hot and humid areas where the air bag inflators are thought to become more volatile.
Toyota recalls more cars for dangerous air bags
The action Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) covers driver's side air bags equipped with inflators made by Takata Corp.
US safety agency to push for national air bag recall
Ford Motor recalled about 850, 000 vehicles, including Fusion sedans, on Friday amid concerns that an electrical glitch could cause the vehicles' air bags to malfunction during an accident.
Ford recalls 850,000 vehicles
A recall of defective air bags is spreading to more manufacturers.
Air bag recall spreads to more automakers
It offers both front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models, in SLE and SLT trim levels, All models include four-wheel disc brakes with StabiliTrak electronic stability control and traction control, as well as six standard air bags: dual frontal air bags, head curtain side air bags and pelvic/thorax seat-mounted side air bags.
2014 GMC line-up launched in UAE
The front center air bag is part of a 360-degree safety system that helps protect passengers before, during and after a crash, including anchor pretensioners for outboard occupants and pelvic-thorax seat-mounted side air bags.
2014 GMC Acadia remains a popular choice
Dubai: Al Futtaim Motors on Sunday confirmed that 1,395 Toyota Avalon units need to be recalled to deal with an issue that could impair air bags. These units were built between August 2011 and June 2013, according to a statement issued by the local Toyota dealership.
Al Futtaim Motors recalls Toyota Avalon units