God's gift to women

English

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Noun

God's gift to women (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Someone irresistible to women: someone whom all women find attractive; (often) someone ironically described as such.

   Hypernym: God's gift

   Coordinate term: God's gift to men

   • 1964, Hesba Brinsmead, Pastures of the Blue Crane:

     After one encounter she confided to Rose, "You know, Glen's grown to simply love himself so much, he just thinks he's God's gift to women. All the girls at that stupid uni seem to fall over each other to ride in his precious car […]

Usage notes

This is usually used in the format "he thinks he is God's gift to women" or something similar.