Coy Phrases

Phrases

• Adult entertainment (euphemism for sexual or violent entertainment)
• As cute as a bug's ear
• As cute as a button
• At first blush
• Bat your eyes
• Camera shy
• Coyote ugly
• Discussing Uganda (euphemism for sex)
• Don't be modest
• Don't play the innocent
• Double entendre
• Enhanced interrogation techniques (euphemism for torture)
• Exchange glances
• Fight shy
• Flutter your eyelashes
• Goo goo eyes
• Hiking the Appalachian Trail (euphemism for adultery)
• Meaningful glance
• Mock modesty
• Once bitten, twice shy
• Play hard to get
• Slipped my moorings (euphemism for adultery)
• The Coyote State (Nickname of the US state of South Dakota)
• The real McCoy