a babe in arms

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   a very small baby that cannot yet walk

   I give you half of my food. Still hungry. It is the condition of men to be hungry.

In the movies · 2

• I give you half of my food. Still hungry. It is the condition of men to be hungry.National Theatre Live: Frankenstein2011
• Annihilation. To the last babe in arms.The Stranger1946
• The other school of thought, to which I subscribe, insists that when we leave the womb we are pure, that a babe in arms is untainted by sin, that evil is the product of social forces, and that God has nothing to do with how a man turns out, be it good or be it bad. Me not do bad things.National Theatre Live: Frankenstein2011

From the same entry

• out of the mouths of babes