I'll tell him what is a lame duck, and that is trying to get into Downing Street on the back of Alex Salmond’s coat tails, never mind talk of ducks, I am looking at Alex Salmond’s poodle. I can't imagine that a Republican majority Congress in a lame duck session after the American people have spoken would want to confirm a nominee opposed by the NRA, the NFIB, and the New York Times says would move the court dramatically to the left, this nomination ought to be made by the next president. physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty: a lame racehorse. My eyes are tired. A: 'I don't really feel like going to the party. When I asked him why he was late, he just gave me some lame excuse about his alarm clock not going off. They could just wait him out if he's only going to be around for maybe three more years. An excuse or reasoning that is considered pathetically unconvincing or inadequate. opened up huge problems with this answer, joe just lame-ducked himself in front of our allies, in front of our enemies. Refers to an unfunny or poorly constructed joke. Lame jokes can be due to their lack of originality, weak punchlines, or the subject matter being inappropriate or clichéd. President Trumps nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate. The idiom 'lame joke' refers to a joke or a humor attempt that is considered unfunny, poorly constructed, or fails to entertain the audience. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party presidents Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year, by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Preident Trump and support Preident Trump agenda, particularly Preident Trump outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. In the last midterm election before Justice Scalias death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck presidents second term. If you happen to let the child fall, and lame it, never confess. I never heard of such another encounter, which lames report to follow it, and undoes description to do it.Īnd either lam’d his legs, or struck him blind. Shrubs are formed into sundry shapes, by moulding them within, and cutting them without but they are but lame things, being too small to keep figure. The prose is fustian, and the numbers lame. Whether in prose, or verse, ’tis all the same Hobbling not smooth: alluding to the feet of a verse. Crippled disabled in the limbs.Ī greyhound, of a mouse colour, lame of one leg, belongs to a lady. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votesĮtymology: laam, lama, Saxon lam, Dutch.
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