calf

calf (noun)  =

(a)  a stupid but harmless person

(b)  an awkward, immature and inexperienced young man

(c)  the back muscle part of a human leg, between the knee and the ankle

(d)  a large floating piece of ice separated from a glacier, iceberg or floe

2.

calf’s tongue  [said of a person being soft, gentle and mild or harsh in speech depending on the situation]

3.

calf-lick  =  a tuft of short hair risen up just above a person’s forehead

4.

calf-licked [said of a person whose hair is parted on the wrong side – the opposite side to the rest of the hair]

5.

buss-calf  =  a spoilt child, usually a boy

6.

calf love (also ‘puppy love’)  =  the love between a young boy and an older woman, or a young girl and an older man, which is unlikely to continue for a long time, or may lead to sexual relation only, no true love; love between young and inexperienced boy and girl

7.

to lick one’s calf  =  to set right or mend one’s bad work

8.

(a) to slip the calf =  [said of a woman who had an abortion]  (b) to cast the calf

9.

(a)  the fatted calf =  [to celebrate generously or wastefully to welcome someone who has come back after a long time]

(b)  to kill the fatted calf

10.

to blush like a red bull-calf (‘blush’ =  to be very shy)

11.

to want the calf with the white face [said of a person having very expensive tastes; always wanting something more and better]

12.

scrag-calf  [said of a woman with very thin legs]

13.

like cow, like calf [said of a spoilt child that when the parents are disciplined, the children also will be disciplined]

14.

to eat the calf in the cow’s belly  =  to spend the money before one actually gets it; be too ready to think of something to happen in advance

15.

the cow won’t have her calf till she’s ready [said to mean that we cannot rush certain things in nature; we have to leave nature to its own time-keeping]

16.

natural to him (someone) as milk to a calf [said of someone who can do (or feel) things very easily or naturally]