Babe in arms

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Adjectival phrase

English

Etymology

Middle English

Noun

babe in arms (Plural: babes in arms)

1. An infant.

   He was still a babe in arms, when his father died overseas.

Adjectival phrase

babe in arms (not comparable)

1. A likeness to an infant being cradled in the arms of a parent or caretaker.