English synonyms. To be awkward; bellied-up, big; big-bellied, on the
bones; bow- (or bay-) windowed, cocked-up, double-ribbed, in an
interesting condition, in for it, in pod, in the pudding-club,
jumbled-up, knocked-up, loaded; on the bones; sewed-up, short-skirted,
trussed-up, or wedged-up. To have one’s apron up; a belly-ful, or a
belly-ful of bones; one’s cargo aboard; a nine months’ dropsy (or a
dropsy that will drop into the lap); one’s fairing; fallen; got it; a
hump in front (or on one’s belly); an inside worry; a kick in the back;
a lap-clap; more in one’s belly than ever got there through one’s
mouth; young; a white swelling.
French synonyms. Avoir le ventre or le sac plein (= to be bellied-up);
avoir un arlequin dans la soupente (of harlots: arlequin = a
prostitute’s brat; soupente = loft); avoir un polichinelle dans le
tiroir (= to have a Jack-in-the-box in the drawer); en avoir dans le
ventre (= to have a belly-ful); avoir son tablier lève (= to have got
one’s apron up); avoir le mou enflé (= to be swelled in the soft);
avoir avalé un pépin (= to have swallowed a seed); entrer dans
l’infanterie (popular); avoir un député dans l’urne (popular); avoir
une affaire cachée sous la peau (common); avoir mal au genou (= cf. to
break one’s knees); s’être fait arrondir le globe (popular); avoir un
fédéré dans la casemate (common); se gâter la taille (= to spoil one’s
figure); avoir la maladie de neuf mois (common: cf. nine months’
dropsy). Also une couleuvre or un chef-lieu d’arrondissement (= a
pregnant woman).
German synonyms. Schwor or schwar (schwer = heavy).
Spanish synonyms. Arari; avari; barriga ’a boca; cambri; cambrobi;
desembarcar; embarago.