"like turkeys voting for an early Christmas" meaning in English

See like turkeys voting for an early Christmas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /laɪk ˌtɜːkiz ˈvəʊtɪŋ fɚ‿n̩ ˌɜːli ˈkɹɪsməs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /laɪk ˌtɝkiz ˈvoʊtɪŋ fɚ‿n̩ ˌɝli ˈkɹɪsməs/ [General-American], [-ɾɪŋ-] [General-American] Audio: En-au-like turkeys voting for an early Christmas.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪsməs Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=like turkeys voting for an early Christmas}} like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
  1. (British, simile, humorous) Synonym of like turkeys voting for Christmas Tags: British, humorous Synonyms: like turkeys voting for Christmas [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas-en-phrase-FsCakGxl Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "like turkeys voting for an early Christmas"
      },
      "expansion": "like turkeys voting for an early Christmas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "like"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English similes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of like turkeys voting for Christmas"
      ],
      "id": "en-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas-en-phrase-FsCakGxl",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "like turkeys voting for Christmas",
          "like turkeys voting for Christmas#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, simile, humorous) Synonym of like turkeys voting for Christmas"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "like turkeys voting for Christmas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪk ˌtɜːkiz ˈvəʊtɪŋ fɚ‿n̩ ˌɜːli ˈkɹɪsməs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪk ˌtɝkiz ˈvoʊtɪŋ fɚ‿n̩ ˌɝli ˈkɹɪsməs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾɪŋ-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-like turkeys voting for an early Christmas.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-au-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas.ogg/En-au-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-au-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪsməs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "like turkeys voting for an early Christmas"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "like turkeys voting for an early Christmas"
      },
      "expansion": "like turkeys voting for an early Christmas",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "like"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases",
        "English similes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪsməs",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪsməs/11 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of like turkeys voting for Christmas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "like turkeys voting for Christmas",
          "like turkeys voting for Christmas#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, simile, humorous) Synonym of like turkeys voting for Christmas"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "like turkeys voting for Christmas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪk ˌtɜːkiz ˈvəʊtɪŋ fɚ‿n̩ ˌɜːli ˈkɹɪsməs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laɪk ˌtɝkiz ˈvoʊtɪŋ fɚ‿n̩ ˌɝli ˈkɹɪsməs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾɪŋ-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-like turkeys voting for an early Christmas.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-au-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas.ogg/En-au-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-au-like_turkeys_voting_for_an_early_Christmas.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪsməs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "like turkeys voting for an early Christmas"
}

Download raw JSONL data for like turkeys voting for an early Christmas meaning in English (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.