1 a birthday/Christmas/wedding present or a birthday/wedding gift
2 The guests all arrived bearing (= bringing) gifts.
3 Gift box: a decorative box for putting a present in.
4 Gift shop: a shop which sells goods which are suitable for giving as presents.
5 gift token/voucher: US gift certificate: a card or piece of paper which can be exchanged in a shop for goods of the value that is printed on it.
6 A present which is gift-wrapped has been put in decorative paper ready for giving.
7 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: Prov. Do not trust an opponent who offers to do something nice for you.
8 free gift: something extra given to you when you buy something else
9 To think you are God's gift to women(humorous)if a man thinks he is God's gift to women, he thinks he is extremely attractive and that all women love him.
He's the most arrogant man I've ever met and he thinks he's God's gift to women.
10 have a gift for (doing) something: Fig. to have a natural talent for doing something.
11 the gift of the gab (British, American & Australian) also the gift of gab (American):an ability to speak easily and confidently and to persuade people to do what you want.
An Irishman, he had the gift of the gab. You might hate what he said but you had to listen.
12 not look a gift horse in the mouth: if someone tells you not to look a gift horse in the mouth, they mean that you should not criticize or feel doubt about something good that has been offered to you.
Okay, it's not the job of your dreams but it pays good money. I'd be inclined not to look a gift horse in the mouth if I were you.
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