rice pudding

rice pudding: n [C, U]
a traditional English pudding (= cooked sweet dish) made with rice, sugar and milk. If you say that somebody ‘couldn’t knock the skin off a rice pudding’ you mean that they are very weak or unable to defend themselves in a fight. This is an informal British expression.

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RICE PUDDING — … Useful english dictionary
RICE-PUDDING — … Useful english dictionary

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