Any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below.
1I never saw such a pair of tongs as you carry about!
2In your place, I wouldn't touch him with a pair of tongs!
3Remove the ham hocks to a large bowl using a pair of tongs.
4With a long pair of tongs he seized the bomb firmly.
5I wouldn't touch it with a pair of tongs: I'd run from it.
6I wouldn't pick her out of a gutter with a pair of tongs.
7Mrs. Peterkin, even, had come with a pair of tongs in her hand.
8In half a minute I was as naked as a pair of tongs!
9After all, why should he care for a pair of tongs?
10Taking a pair of tongs from the grate he nipped the creature between them.
11But Brent used a rather more practical pair of tongs in a businesslike manner.
12She had a pair of tongs in her left hand.
13Using a pair of tongs, place the scallops, flat side down, into the butter.
14I would not touch him with a pair of tongs.
15They require two months to manufacture a pair of tongs.
16I passed a bread basket that was empty save for a pair of tongs.
Translations for pair of tongs