(historical) A British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1976, when the islands were divided into two colonies that shortly afterward became the countries of Kiribati and Tuvalu.

(idiomatic) Alternative form of have one's cake and eat it too

(rhetorical question, colloquial) One should not do something that one has hired someone else to do.

plural of be-all and end-all

Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die

Certain things are appropriate on a certain time and place.

(sports) A fundamental maneuver in many team sports, in which two players pass the ball or puck back and forth as they move.

A fighting style, primarily in mixed martial arts, in which one pins one's opponent and then strikes him or her repeatedly.

(medicine) A pruritic rash condition appearing during and after pregnancy in some women.

(medicine) A cutaneous condition characterised by pruritus, oedema and erythema of the hands and feet.