sandwich
(sænwɪdʒ , -wɪtʃ )
Word forms: sandwiches , sandwiching , sandwiched
1. countable noun A1
A sandwich usually consists of two slices of bread with a layer of food such as cheese or meat between them.
...a ham sandwich.
2. verb
If you sandwich two things together with something else, you put that other thing between them. If you sandwich one thing between two other things, you put it between them.
Sandwich the two halves of the sponge together with cream. [V n together]
I had to sandwich my writing between supervising work on the farm and entertaining guests. [V n between pl-n]
3. See also sandwiched
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Idioms:
someone is one sandwich short of a picnic
said to indicate in a humorous way that you think someone is very stupid or is behaving very strangely
His daughter confirmed that her father was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic.
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be the meat in the sandwich [British]
to be in a very difficult position because you have been caught between two people or groups who are in conflict with each other
These oil and gas companies are the meat in the sandwich in a fight involving contractors and the provincial government.
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Translations:
Chinese: 三明治, 把…插入两者之间
Japanese: サンドイッチ, サンドイッチにする
- the present day
- the problem was evident
- the proof of the pudding
- the proof of the pudding is in the eating
- the proof of the pudding is in the eating
- the public are interested
- the public are ready
- the public eye
- the race of one's life
- therapeutic
- therapeutic application
- therapeutic approach
- therapeutic benefit
- therapeutic dose
- therapeutic effect
- therapeutic intervention
- therapeutic massage
- therapeutic purposes
- therapeutic target
- therapeutic technique
- therapeutic vaccine
- therapeutic value
- therapist
- therapy
- therapy clinic