warm body

warm body

Any live person, especially in a role demanding minimal action or responsibilities. We don't want it to look like no one came, so let's try to find a few warm bodies we can convince to be there to help make the place look a little livelier and more inviting. We'll need a few warm bodies stationed at the entrances to collect tickets.
See also: body, warm
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

warm body

a person; just any person (who can be counted on to be present). See if you can get a couple of warm bodies to stand at the door and hand out programs. You mean among all these warm bodies nobody knows calculus?
See also: body, warm
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

warm body

n. just anyone who can be counted on to stay alive. See if you can get a couple of warm bodies to stand at the door and hand out programs.
See also: body, warm
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • assume the position
  • assume the mantle
  • get out of jail free card
  • hush
  • be on the hush
  • be on the hush-hush
  • on the hush
  • on the hush-hush
  • on the DL
  • on the down low
References in classic literature
But with the vision of that other face there came to him a faint realization that mayhap it was a stronger power than either friendship or fear which caused that lithe, warm body to cling so tightly to him.
The Outlaw of Torn
The woman kissed his eyes, and with thin, small hands felt the warm body through his white flannel nightgown.
Of Human Bondage
The finding of the still warm body of Kulonga--on the very verge of their fields and within easy earshot of the village--knifed and stripped at the door of his father's home, was in itself sufficiently mysterious, but these last awesome discoveries within the village, within the dead Kulonga's own hut, filled their hearts with dismay, and conjured in their poor brains only the most frightful of superstitious explanations.
Tarzan of the Apes
For my part I could not be other than joyful had I tried, with Dejah Thoris' warm body pressed close to mine, and with all our unpassed danger my heart was singing as gaily as though we were already entering the gates of Helium.
Princess of Mars
As I fell, a warm body fell on top of me, and hands grasped my arms and legs.
The Land That Time Forgot
His light pajamas had been but little protection from the chill dampness of the jungle, and only that side of him which was pressed against the warm body of his shaggy companion approximated to comfort.
Son Of Tarzan
The repeller incorporates a PIR motion sensor that activates the product when a warm body enters the controlled area.
SOLAR-POWERED ULTRASONIC FLASH PEST REPELLER
According to Sonam Tashi, a Weather Forecaster with the National Centre for Hydrology and Metrology (NCHM), during the pre-monsoon season there is moisture blow from the south-west and when the cold body and warm body collide together it creates events like gusty windstorm thunderstorm and hailstorm.
Pre-monsoon season's erratic weather pattern explained
My husband feels even stronger about it, and is definitely a stronger warm body to be counted.
My angels of Edsa
Thirdy Ravena extra warm body for Gilas !-- -- Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star) - February 16, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Thirdy Ravena is among Gilas players flying out of Manila today while Andray Blatche travels to Doha from China, giving coach Yeng Guiao an extra warm body for any eventuality in their last hurrah in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers.
Thirdy Ravena extra warm body for Gilas
Fleas may have preferred hosts, but they are equal opportunists if a warm body comes by.
Yes, Your Indoor Cat Can Get Fleas: And when that happens, it's time to declare war
"Sorry, Iola," she says, holding me to her warm body, as I shake and try to breathe.
MORNING SERIAL
The GGF blamed cold transfer, a term they said was incorrect anyway, where a warm body was in close proximity to a glazed surface and the outside temperature was lower than the inside temperature.
Success for High Spen couple who complained of draughts from new window; Safestyle UK's inspector has agreed to replace the glazing after intial advice was to wear hats in cold weather
Having a warm body gives the opah an advantage over the fish it eats, says biologist Nick Wegner, who studied the animal.
Warm-blooded fish
Sartaj Aziz, Nawaz Sharif's foreign affairs advisor, said that the meeting had been a dignified diplomacy which was apparent from the warm body language.
Sartaj Aziz says Sharif's meeting with Modi better than expected