- take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake)
- take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake)informalbe the most remarkable or foolish of its kind.→ biscuit
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take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake)
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take the biscuit — Ⅰ. ► take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) informal be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind. Main Entry: ↑biscuit Ⅱ. ► take the cake see take the biscuit at BISCUIT(Cf. ↑biscuity) … English terms dictionary
take the cake — Ⅰ. ► take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) informal be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind. Main Entry: ↑biscuit Ⅱ. ► take the cake see take the biscuit at BISCUIT(Cf. ↑biscuity) … English terms dictionary
biscuit — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake. 2) N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 3) porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. ● take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) Cf. ↑take the cake … English terms dictionary
biscuit — noun 1》 Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake. ↘N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 2》 porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. 3》 a light brown colour. 4》 Carpentry a small flat piece of wood used to… … English new terms dictionary
biscuity — biscuit ► NOUN 1) Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake. 2) N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 3) porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. ● take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) Cf. ↑take the cake … English terms dictionary
fancy — verb (fancies, fancying, fancied) 1》 Brit. informal feel a desire for. ↘find sexually attractive. 2》 Brit. regard as a likely winner. 3》 imagine. ↘chiefly Brit. used to express surprise: fancy that! adjective (fancier, fanciest … English new terms dictionary
