fog a mirror

verb

To be alive.

“I'm so tired of being alone, I would marry anyone who could fog a mirror.”

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Meanings

verbfog a mirror (third-person singular simple present fogs a mirror, present participle fogging a mirror, simple past and past participle fogged a mirror)

present singular third person fogs a mirror · participle present fogging a mirror · participle past fogged a mirror · past fogged a mirror

  1. humorousTo be alive.

    I'm so tired of being alone, I would marry anyone who could fog a mirror.

    2 more examples

    So, [Jonathan] Karl writes: “I said … it has to be Trump as long as … ” “‘As long as he can fog a mirror’, [Steve] Bannon said before I could finish the sentence.”

    2023 November 14, Lloyd Green, “Tired of Winning review: Jonathan Karl on Trump as Hitler wannabe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    He added that the Trump administration had “sent the right message” and that centers who were “issuing certificates to anyone who can fog a mirror” were “on notice.”

    2025 December 2, Karoun Demirjian, “Trump Administration Revokes Licenses of Thousands of Training Centers for Truckers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fog, mirror.

Origin

From the notion of placing a mirror near the nose or mouth of a sleeping person to determine whether they were still breathing, thus alive; indicated by the glass fogging up.

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