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guy Theme: PEOPLE n. a person. (Usually a male when used in the singular.)Hey you guys, let's go!When you guys finish getting your makeup on, we can go back to the guys.
guy noun a man or a boy; a general form of address; in the plural it can be used of and to men, women or a mixed grouping US, 1847
idiomguythe/a bad guyused about someone who people blame or dislike for what is wrong in a situation:I refuse to be the bad guy. You have to tell me if you're not happy and why.We're always hearing that the government's the bad guy - can't we accept responsibility for our own problems?NoteThis idiom andthe good guy are phrases that come from films that deal with the subject of good against evil. For example in Westerns (=films about cowboys in the American West) there is almost always a good guy and a bad guy who have a gun fight at the end in which the bad guy is killed. fall guyblame someone who is blamed or punished for something bad or illegal that someone else did:Many people still believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was just the fall guy for President Kennedy's assassination.I'm so naive, I didn't realize what he was really saying to me until I got home. And I thought, wait a minute! I'm being made a fall guy for this.Note A fall guy is another name for a stunt man. Stunt men are used instead of actors to do the dangerous things in films so that the actors are not hurt. the/a good guyused about someone who people like or trust because they are not doing bad or illegal things in a situation when other people are, or because they are trying to stop these things from happening:Because he was willing to spend money on the arts, David Packard is a good guy, but unfortunately there aren't a whole lot like him around. Of course he has his faults, but I grew up with him and, I can tell you, he's one of the good guys.--see note at the/a bad guyno more Mr Nice Guy!spoken used in order to say that you will stop trying to behave honestly and fairly, because people are not behaving honestly and fairly to you:The new policy is no more Mr Nice Guy, no more giving people money whenever they tell us they have problems.After the way my group behaved yesterday, I told them today no more Mr Nice Guy!
guy n. a fellow; a man or boy. (Colloquial. Very old. Not necessarily male in the plural.) When you guys finish getting your makeup on, we can go back to the guys. See:- a guy thing
- a tough guy
- a wise guy
- as the next guy
- big guy
- couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
- fall guy
- girl thing/guy thing
- guy
- guy thing
- manic pixie dream guy
- Mr Nice Guy
- Mr. Nice Guy
- nice guy
- Nice guys finish last
- no more Mr Nice Guy
- no more Mr. Nice Guy
- one heck of a (something or someone)
- one hell of a (something or someone)
- regular guy
- right guy
- smart guy
- tough guy
- wise guy
- you guys
- You guys bitchin’?
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