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1 blow away the cobwebs
expr infmlA brisk walk will blow away the cobwebs — Погуляйте, и голова пройдет
Let's go for a walk and blow the cobwebs away — Пойдем прогуляемся, а то уже голова не работает
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2 cobweb
nounSpinnengewebe, das; Spinnennetz, das* * *['kobweb](a spider's web: You can't have cleaned this room - there are cobwebs in the corner.) das Spinngewebe* * *cob·web[ˈkɒbweb, AM ˈkɑ:b-]* * *['kɒbweb]n(= single thread, threads) Spinn(en)webe f; (= full cobweb) Spinnennetz nta brisk walk will blow away the cobwebs (fig) — ein ordentlicher Spaziergang und man hat wieder einen klaren Kopf
* * *cobweb s1. Spinn(en)gewebe n, Spinnwebe f: to go for a walk blow the cobwebs away umg um einen klaren Kopf zu bekommen;my head was full of cobwebs umg ich konnte nicht mehr klar denken2. Spinnenfaden m3. feines, zartes Gewebe (auch fig)4. fig Netz n, Schlinge f* * *nounSpinnengewebe, das; Spinnennetz, das* * *n.Spinnengewebe n.Spinnennetz n.Spinnwebe n.
См. также в других словарях:
cobweb — cob|web [ˈkɔbweb US ˈka:b ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: cop spider (14 15 centuries) (from Old English atorcoppe spider ) + web] 1.) a net of sticky threads made by a ↑spider to catch insects, that is inside a building and has not been removed… … Dictionary of contemporary English
