glass jaw
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of glass jaw
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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But for now it’s the other way around — and the Yankees seem to have a glass jaw.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2021
This way, Cline hit a series of targets at once: a new emotional window onto the banality of evil; an homage to a literary hero; and a squarely landed blow across the bogeyman’s glass jaw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
"America's 'Iron Lady' does not have a glass jaw," Hart told the Journal.
From US News ● May 5, 2015
In the classic Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960, the first in US political history, it was not the then Vice-president's glass jaw that was the problem but rather his sweaty upper lip.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2012
It's too bad he's got a glass jaw.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
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