Wishy-washiness In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "wishy-washiness", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-05-14 01:05

Meaning of Wishy-washiness (redirected from wishy-washy )

Synonyms:

Namby-pamby , milk and water

Wishy-washy disapproving adjective informal

Used to disapprove of someone or something because their ideas, colour, flavor, and character ect. are not firm or clear enough

My wife loved a wishy-washy blue car, but I wanted a dark blue one.

This glass of beer is absolutely wishy-washy. It must have been added with water.

The president couldn't lift the country out of poverty and unemployment under his wishy-washy leadership.

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Not be useful or suitable to anyone or anything

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A pathetic person.

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Someone or something seen as inferior to the rest of a group, series, or system.

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swallow the bait

If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.

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You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.

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