nodding acquaintance

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nodding acquaintance — n. 1. a slight, not intimate, acquaintance with a person or thing 2. a person whom one knows slightly …   English World dictionary

nodding acquaintance — noun 1. : a very slight or superficial knowledge or understanding of something had no more than a nodding acquaintance with economic theory 2. : a person with whom one is on terms of casual and distant civility * * * 1. a slight, incomplete, or… …   Useful english dictionary

nodding acquaintance — 1. a slight, incomplete, or superficial knowledge (of something or someone): He had only a nodding acquaintance with Italian and didn t trust it to get him through the tour. Although we were neighbors for several years, we had only a nodding… …   Universalium

nodding acquaintance — {n.} Less than casual acquaintance. * /I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

nodding acquaintance — {n.} Less than casual acquaintance. * /I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

nodding\ acquaintance — noun Less than casual acquaintance. I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance …   Словарь американских идиом

nodding acquaintance — superficial acquaintance …   English contemporary dictionary

a nodding acquaintance — a slight acquaintance with a person or cursory knowledge of a subject students will need a nodding acquaintance with three other languages * * * a nodding acquaintance : a small amount of knowledge about someone or something We only have a… …   Useful english dictionary

have a nodding acquaintance with someone — have a nodding acquaintance with someone/be on nodding terms with someone/ phrase to know someone well enough to say ‘hello’ to them, but not know them very well Thesaurus: words used to describe relations and relationshipshyponym friendship and… …   Useful english dictionary

a nodding acquaintance — ► a nodding acquaintance a slight acquaintance. Main Entry: ↑nod …   English terms dictionary