(the) baby needs (new) shoes
(the) baby needs (new) shoes
A phrase said aloud when one is hoping for good luck in a game of chance, especially before a dice roll. If I roll a seven, I walk out of here with $30,000. Come on, the baby needs shoes! I'm so close to a bingo. Call D4, already—baby needs new shoes!
See also: baby, needs, shoe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
the baby needs shoes
sent. Give me luck. (Said in games of chance, such as dice or bingo.) He shook the bones, saying, “The baby needs shoes.”
See also: baby, needs, shoe
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- baby needs a new pair of shoes
- the baby needs shoes
- daddy needs (new) shoes
- daddy needs a new pair of shoes
- mama needs (new) shoes!
- mama needs a new pair of shoes
- roll the bones
- roll the dice
- roll on...!
- let's roll