<span class="searchmatch">couldn't</span> <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span> (humorous) Said of somebody who is very bad at fishing, or about <span class="searchmatch">a</span> situation where no fish can be caught....
rest of the world is expected to <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span>. contract <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span> <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> one's death <span class="searchmatch">couldn't</span> <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span> “<span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span>”, in OneLook Dictionary Search....
<span class="searchmatch">catchability</span> <span class="searchmatch">catchable</span> <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> body <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> break <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> buzz <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> case <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span> <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> crab <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> date <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> dick <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> fade <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> falling...
that way we <span class="searchmatch">couldn't</span> <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span> snowflakes. / Don't knit the sun into my mittens, / <span class="searchmatch">a</span> snowball might melt in the palm. (figuratively) puppet (<span class="searchmatch">a</span> person controlled...
Obama needs your help[2]: When kos sneezes, the rest of the nutroots <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">cold</span>, so [James] Webb should be an acceptable nominee to the entire leftosphere...
common More common when with <span class="searchmatch">a</span> definite adjective <span class="searchmatch">à</span>, <span class="searchmatch">á</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ā</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ȁ</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ȃ</span> <span class="searchmatch">ã</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ȧ</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ä</span>, <span class="searchmatch">å</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ḁ</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ą</span> če si rekel <span class="searchmatch">a</span>, reci tudi b ena <span class="searchmatch">a</span> od <span class="searchmatch">a</span> do ž Attested since the 18th century...
(colloquial, derogatory) <span class="searchmatch">A</span> limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person. He <span class="searchmatch">couldn't</span> even summon up the courage to ask her name... what <span class="searchmatch">a</span> drip! 1994, Richard...
catch or contract (an illness, etc.). took <span class="searchmatch">a</span> chill to take <span class="searchmatch">cold</span> (transitive) To come upon or <span class="searchmatch">catch</span> (in <span class="searchmatch">a</span> particular state or situation). (transitive)...
try (plural tries) An attempt. I gave unicycling <span class="searchmatch">a</span> try but I <span class="searchmatch">couldn’t</span> do it. 1925 July – 1926 May, <span class="searchmatch">A</span>[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter...
Witch: They <span class="searchmatch">couldn't</span> fetch the butter in the churn. (obsolete, transitive) To recall from <span class="searchmatch">a</span> swoon; to revive; sometimes with to. to fetch <span class="searchmatch">a</span> man to 1627...