“can be”

The following 2 entries include the term can be.

can be forgiven

idiom

used to say that what a person does or feels is understandable or that a person should not be blamed for doing or feeling something

looks can be deceiving/deceptive

idiom

used to say that something can be very different from how it seems or appears to be


What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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