ooh-ah
/uːˈɑː/(also ooh-aah)
noun
An utterance or exclamation of ‘ooh—ah!’ Also: a thing, event, action, etc., which elicits or is expected to elicit a response of ‘ooh—ah!’; a desirable or amazing thing. Usually attributive Compare ooh noun.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Richard Hoggart (1918–2014). From ooh + ah noun.
- get one's tongue round
- get one's wires crossed
- get one's wires (or lines) crossed
- get on (or along) like a house on fire
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's tits
- get on someone's wick
- get on to
- get on top of
- get (or be) even
- get (or be given) a guernsey
- get (or be given) the gate
- get (or be) in on the act
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row