take an early bath — to be dismissed for foul play or poor performance Sporting jargon, but some figurative use also of dismissal from employment: The week started with the farce of Sunday newspaper stories about... the chairman taking an early bath. (Daily … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
an early bath — British & Australian, informal if you take an early bath, you are forced to stop doing an activity sooner than you intended to. The spokesman took an early bath after a series of embarrassing and incorrect statements. And that s his second yellow … New idioms dictionary
Bath — /bath, bahth/, n. 1. a city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs. 84,300. 2. a seaport in SW Maine. 10,246. * * * City (pop., 1995 est.: 84,000), southwestern England. Situated on the River Avon, it was founded as Aquae Sulis by the Romans,… … Universalium
Bath and Wells — • Ancient diocese coextensive with the county of Somerset, England Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bath and Wells Bath and Wells … Catholic encyclopedia
bath — bath1 bathless, adj. /bath, bahth/, n., pl. baths /badhz, bahdhz, baths, bahths/, v. n. 1. a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a… … Universalium
Bath Rugby — Rugby team teamname = Bath Rugby fullname = Bath Rugby Football Club location = Bath, England country founded = 1865 Team Manager = Dave Guyan ground = The Recreation Ground capacity = 10,600 coach = flagicon|Australia Steve Meehan captain =… … Wikipedia
Bath School disaster — Infobox terrorist attack title=Bath School Disaster caption=Bath Consolidated School after the bombing location=Bath Township, Michigan, United States date=May 18, 1927 type=Shooting, explosives, suicide bombing, fire weapons=Rifle, pyrotol,… … Wikipedia
Bath (UK Parliament constituency) — UK constituency infobox Name = Bath Map1 = Bath Map2 = Avon Type = County Year = 1295 Entity = Avon (county) County = Somerset EP = South West England MP = Don Foster Party = Liberal DemocratBath is a constituency in the House of Commons of the… … Wikipedia
Bath Abbey — Parish church name=St. Peter s Abbey, Bath caption=The West front. dedication=Saint Peter denomination=Church of England tradition=Low Church parish=Bath, St Peter diocese=Bath and Wells province=Canterbury rector=Revd Preb Edward Mason… … Wikipedia
take — takable, takeable, adj. taker, n. /tayk/, v., took, taken, taking, n. v.t. 1. to get into one s hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write. 2. to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a book … Universalium
Take A Bath — A slang term referring to the situation of an investor who has experienced a large loss from an investment or speculative position. Investors whose shares have declined significantly are said to have taken a bath. For example, following the… … Investment dictionary
