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chicken soup

noun

Etymology

The figurative sense comes from the fact that the soup is a folk remedy for colds.

Definitions

  1. Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient.

    • He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store.
    • Chicken soup is proverbial as a wholesome food whose nutrients will help your body recover from illness.

  2. A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems.

    • Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing.

  3. A mixed-up mush.

    • His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup.
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    1. The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to…

      The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA