family jewels

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

family jewels pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Testicles.
    Synonyms: crown jewels, diamonds
    The whole crowd cringed as he got hit right in the family jewels.
    • 1971 July 5, R. Z. Sheppard, “Three's a Crowd”, in Time:
      But what do three testicles mean? A mystical trinity illuminating some absurd need to procreate? A symbol suggesting a metaphysic of pawnbroking? Likely as not, it is simply an animation of the familiar euphemism, "the family jewels."
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family,‎ jewels.

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]