babe in arms

English

Etymology

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Noun

babe in arms (plural babes in arms)

1. (idiomatic) An infant.

   He was still a babe in arms when his father died overseas.

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: пеленаче (bg) n (pelenače)
• Galician: neno de peito m
• Maori: piripoho
• Spanish: niño de pecho m