warm body: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Worldwideinformalcolloquial
    • Any person, often used dismissively to indicate that only the presence of someone is required rather than their particular skills, qualities, or identity (e.g., 'just a warm body').

    Examples

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    • The manager said he didn’t need an expert, just a warm body to fill the shift tonight.

      The manager said he didn’t need an expert, just a warm body to fill the shift tonight.

    • Sometimes, companies hire warm bodies to meet quotas without considering qualifications.

      Sometimes, companies hire warm bodies to meet quotas without considering qualifications.

    • Don’t treat me as just a warm body; I want to contribute meaningfully to the project.

      Don’t treat me as just a warm body; I want to contribute meaningfully to the project.

  • 2.

    Worldwideneutral
    • A living person; literally, a human body that is alive and warm.

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    • The search party found a warm body trapped in the collapsed tunnel and called for medical help immediately.

      The search party found a warm body trapped in the collapsed tunnel and called for medical help immediately.

    • She checked the room carefully to make sure there wasn’t a warm body hiding inside.

      She checked the room carefully to make sure there wasn’t a warm body hiding inside.

    • No warm bodies were present at the scene when the fire broke out, so everyone was safe.

      No warm bodies were present at the scene when the fire broke out, so everyone was safe.

    • The doctor confirmed that the patient was a warm body with stable vital signs after the accident.

      The doctor confirmed that the patient was a warm body with stable vital signs after the accident.

Examples:

  • EN: Send up enough ice to cool a warm body.
    ES: Envíen suficiente hielo para enfriar un cuerpo.
  • EN: Send up enough ice to cool a warm body.
    ES: Envíen suficiente hielo para enfriar un cuerpo.
  • EN: | would have cuddled against her soft, warm body.
    ES: Pude haberme acurrucado junto a su cuerpo cálido y suave.
  • EN: You just want a warm body beside you, someone you can use for a while.
    ES: Sólo quieres un cuerpo caliente a tu lado, alguien a quien usar.
  • EN: - Barbara, the warm body I wanted to see.
    ES: - Eres el cuerpo cálido que quería ver.
  • EN: Believe me, it's not easy, occupying a warm body's seat.
    ES: Pobre Carlille. No es fácil mantener el puesto de un cadáver aún fresco.
  • EN: For several years the warm body of the mother represents comfort and security.
    ES: Durante varios años, el calor de la madre representa el confort y la seguridad.
  • EN: Her warm body and her insatiable mouth were... taken away by the tidal wave last night.
    ES: Su cuerpo caliente y su insaciable boca fueron quitados por la tempestad de anoche.
  • EN: I'd stoop to almost anything... for a warm body Sunday morning.
    ES: Daria cualquier cosa por tener ... un cuerpo cálido los domingos a la mañana.
  • EN: And it didn't matter who, just as long as it was a warm body.
    ES: Y no importaba quién fuera mientras fuera un cuerpo tibio.
  • EN: Yesterday, when Judy quit I called up the trade school and told them to send me a warm body.
    ES: Ayer, cuando Judy renunció le pedí a la escuela vocacional que enviara a alguien.
  • EN: Is there a sexy woman in the vicinity of these lips, who is in the market for a warm body and a superior lover?
    ES: ¿Hay alguna mujer sexy en las inmediaciones de estos labios que esté interesada en un cuerpo caliente y un amante excelente?
  • EN: "I was sinking under... destroyed by the effort of keeping my head above the swell. And a body, warm body... came under me and lifted me up.
    ES: Me estaba ahogando, agotado por el esfuerzo de mantener la cabeza fuera del agua cuando un cuerpo, un cuerpo caliente, se colocó debajo de mí y me levantó.
  • EN: -Can you feel the warm body of your prey?
    ES: - ¿Sientes el cuerpo caliente de tu presa?
  • EN: I just happened to be the closest available warm body.
    ES: Por casualidad yo era el cuerpo caliente disponible más cercano.
  • EN: Yeah, that's it. I'm just a warm body to you?
    ES: Debe de estar durmiendo.

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