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man
1. informal A term of address for another person, especially a friend or acquaintance. Usually but not solely used in reference to a male. Hey, man, good to see you!
2. interjection, informal Used to express an intense emotional reaction, whether good or bad. Man, the first Indiana Jones is such a great movie! I just heard about the layoffs at your company! Man, what a bummer.
the man
1. slang The established order or body of authority, especially the government. Primarily heard in US. I've been getting small tax refunds by mistake for years, but I've never said anything to them about it. It's my own little way of sticking it to the man. Of course you don't understand—you work for the man now. You're just a cog in the whole corrupt machine, dude.
2. slang The police as an entity. Primarily heard in US. In this town, you're more likely to get shot by the man than any criminal on the streets.
See also: man
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
man
1. n. one’s friend; a buddy, not necessarily male. (Also a term of address.) Look, man, take it easy!
2. exclam. Wow! (Usually Man!) Man, what a bundle!
3. and the man n. a drug seller or pusher. (Drugs.) The man won’t give you credit, you numskull!
4. and the man n. a police officer; the police; the establishment. You better check with the man before you get seen with me.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- "I see," said the blind man
- (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
- (one's) old man
- (one's) own man/woman/person
- (the) man of the moment
- (the) man/woman of the hour
- (the) odd man out
- a (person) of substance
- a (poor, pathetic, etc.) excuse for a (type of person or thing)
- a blind man could see this/that/it
- a broken man
- a dirty old man
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw
- a drowning man will grab at a straw
- a drowning man will grasp at a straw
- a fool may give a wise man counsel
- a gem of (a person or thing)
- A good man is hard to find.
- a grand old man of
- a hatchet man
- a hungry man is an angry man
- a ladies' man
- a man after (one's) own heart
- a man among men
- a man can die but once
- a man cannot serve two masters
- a man for all seasons
- a man Friday
- a man has to do what a man has to do
- a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
- a man is judged by the company he keeps
- a man is known by the company he keeps
- a man of few words
- a man of God/the cloth
- a man of his word
- a man of letters
- a man of my kidney
- a man of parts
- a man of straw
- a man of the people
- a man of the world
- a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
- a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything
- a man without a smiling face must not open a shop
- A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle
- a man, woman, etc. after your own heart
- a man/woman of few words
- a man/woman of parts
- a man/woman of the people
- a man/woman of the world
- a man/woman on a mission
- a man/woman with a mission
- a man/woman/person of action
- a man's got to do what a man's got to do
- a man's home is his castle
- a man's man
- a marked man
- a new man
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man
- a one-man band
- a person after (one's) own
- a rich man's joke is always funny
- a straw to a drowning man
- a tree is known by its fruit(, a man by his deeds)
- a wise man of Gotham
- a woman after (one's) own heart
- a woman of few words
- a woman, man, person, etc. of substance
- a/the grand old man
- a/the man about town
- a/the poor man's version of (someone or something)
- after one's own heart
- an old man is twice a child
- angry young man
- anyone in their right mind
- Are you a man or a mouse?
- as (something) as the next man/woman/person
- as a man sows, so shall he reap
- as as the next man
- as one
- as one man
- As you sow, so shall you reap
- ass man
- backdoor man
- barrow man
- be (of) no use to man or beast
- be (one's) man/woman
- be (one's) own man/woman/person
- be a fine figure of a (man or woman)
- be a man
- be a man/woman of his/her word
- be a marked man/woman
- be a/the poor man's (someone or something)
- be a/the poor man's sb/sth
- be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
- be half the person/man/woman (that) (someone) is
- be man enough
- be man enough for (something)
- be man enough to (do something)
- be no good to man or beast
- be no good/use to man or beast
- be somebody's man/woman
- be twice the man or woman that someone is
- be twice the man/woman
- be twice the man/woman that (someone) is
- be your own man
- be your own man/woman
- behind every great man is a great woman
- behind every great man, there's a great woman
- better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
- big man on campus
- blind man's holiday
- boldly go where no man has gone before
- boob man
- boss man
- breast man
- bushman's handkerchief
- but man
- butter-and-egg man
- call no man happy till he dies
- candy man
- child is father of the man
- clothes don't make the man
- clothes make the man
- come on, man
- company man
- con man
- confidence game
- count no man happy till he dies
- crumbs from (one's) table
- crumbs from the rich man's table
- cut out the middleman
- dead man
- dead man walking
- Dead Man's Hand
- dead men's shoes
- dead soldier
- devil of a (man, woman, fellow, etc.)
- dimber damber upright man
- dirty joke
- dirty old man
- don't judge a man until you have walked (a mile) in his shoes
- each and every one
- each man for himself
- early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise)
- Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
- early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
- every last man of us/them
- every man for himself
- every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
- every man for hisself
- every man has his price
- every man is his own worst enemy
- every man is the architect of his own fortune
- every man Jack
- every man jack of us/them
- every man Jack/mother's son
- every man to his taste
- every man/everyone has his price
- every mother's son of them
- every Tom, Dick, and Harry
- everyone
- everyone has their price
- face man
- family man
- feel like a new man/woman
- fortune knocks once at every man's door
- front man
- Fuller Brush man
- funny man
- fuzz
- fuzz man
- girl Friday
- girl/man Friday
- give a man a fish...
- give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
- G-man
- go see a man about a dog
- go to see a man about a dog
- God's gift to man
- Good men are scarce
- good time man
- good-time man
- greater love hath no man
- greater love hath no man than this
- half the person/man/woman (that) (someone) is
- hatchet man
- have (one) by the balls
- have a man by the balls
- headache man
- he-man
- high man on the totem pole
- hired girl
- hired hand
- hired man
- hit man
- horner man
- I am (someone), hear me (do something)
- I have to go see a man about a dog
- iceman
- in layman's terms
- in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
- in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
- in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
- inward man
- iron man
- it's every man for himself
- kept man
- ladies' man
- ladies'/lady's man
- lazy man's load
- leave no man behind
- leg man
- Let every man skin his own skunk
- Let every man skin his own skunk.
- like a man
- like a man/woman possessed
- little man in the boat
- lookout man
- low man on the ladder
- low man on the totem pole
- macho man
- main man
- make a hit
- make a man (out) of (one)
- make a man of
- make a man of/out of somebody
- man
- man about town
- man after my own heart
- man alive
- man and boy
- man and wife
- man boobs
- man bun
- man cannot live by bread alone
- man cave
- man crush Monday
- man does not live by bread alone
- man down
- man enough to (do something)
- man Friday
- man in the moon, (no more than) the
- man in the street
- man in the street, the
- man is a wolf to man
- man is known by the company he keeps
- man is the measure of all things
- man of action
- man of color
- man of few words
- man of few words, a
- man of God
- man of his word
- man of ill repute
- man of letters
- man of many parts
- man of means
- man of parts
- man of straw
- man of the cloth
- man of the match
- man of the moment
- man of the world
- man of the world, a
- man on the make
- man on the street
- man or a mouse, (are you) a
- man plans and God laughs
- man proposes, and God disposes
- man proposes, but God disposes
- man proposes, God disposes
- man talk
- man the barricades
- man the fort
- man the lifeboats
- man to man
- man up
- Man your battle stations!
- man/woman/gentleman/lady of leisure
- man-about-town
- man-eater
- manners maketh man
- man-of-war
- manpain
- man's best friend
- man's home is his castle
- man's inhumanity to man
- man's man
- man-to-man
- marked man
- marked man, a
- May the best man/woman win.
- mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
- medallion man
- Mr. Whiskers
- muscleman
- my man
- My man!
- never send a boy to do a man's job
- new man
- nine tailors make a man
- no accounting for tastes, there is no
- no man can serve two masters
- no man is an island
- no man is an island(, entire of itself)
- no man's land
- no more than the man in the moon
- no use to man or beast
- no use, it's
- not know (one) from the man in the moon
- nothing is so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
- odd man out
- of few words, man of
- of the moment
- oh man
- old man
- Old Man Winter
- once a man, twice a child
- one heck of a (something or someone)
- one hell of a (something or someone)
- one man's fish is another man's poison
- one man's loss is another man's gain
- one man's meat is another man's poison
- one man's trash is another man's treasure
- one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
- one-man band
- one-man show
- opportunity knocks at every man's door
- orra man
- outward man
- own man
- own man/person, to be one's
- own person, be one's
- package
- play the ball and not the man
- play the man and not the ball
- play the white man
- plumber's smile
- point man
- poor man's
- Portuguese man-of-war
- rag-and-bone man
- Renaissance man
- repo man
- rich man's joke is always funny
- right-hand man
- see a man about a dog
- see a man about a horse
- self-made man
- self-made man, a
- some man for one man
- so's your old man
- So's your old man!
- stand by (one's) man
- standover man
- step into dead men's shoes
- stick it to the man
- stick man
- straight man
- straw boss
- straw man
- strong-arm man
- swingman
- take (something) like a man
- take it like a man
- take-charge
- teach a man to fish
- the child is father of the man
- the child is father to the man
- the grand old man of (something)
- the inner man/woman
- the last man/woman/person standing
- the low man on the totem pole
- the man
- the man in the moon
- the man in the street
- the man of the house
- the man of the match
- the man on the Clapham omnibus
- the Man Upstairs
- the man, woman, etc. of the moment
- the man/woman in (one's) life
- the man/woman in your life
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus
- the man/woman/thing of (one's) dreams
- the measure of a man
- the odd man/one out
- the old man
- the other man
- the poor man's
- the poor man's something
- the sick man of
- the sick man of (something or somewhere)
- the thinking man's/women's crumpet
- the way to a man's heart
- the way to a man's heart is through his belly
- the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
- the white man's burden
- time and tide tarry for no man
- time and tide wait for no man
- tit man
- tit(s)-man
- T-man
- to a man
- way to a man's heart is through his stomach
- way to a man's heart, the
- wheel man
- whiskers man
- white man
- white man's disease
- white-van man
- wingman
- working man's smile
- yer man
- yes man
- yes-man
- yesterday's man
- yesterday's man/woman
- you can't keep a good man down
- you can't keep a good man/woman down
- You got to do what you got to do
- you heard the man
- you should know a man seven years before you stir his fire
- You the man!
- young man
- your man
- your right-hand man
- You're the man!