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1 ♦ chicken
♦ chicken /ˈtʃɪkɪn/A n.3 (fam. GB) cocco, coccaB a. pred.( slang) pauroso; vigliacco; codardo● ( cucina) chicken à la king, pollo in salsa cremosa con funghi e peperoni □ (fam.) a chicken-and-egg situation, un problema insolubile; la storia dell'uovo e della gallina □ (med.) chicken breast, petto carenato; petto di pollo (pop.) □ ( cucina) chicken curry, pollo al curry □ chicken farm, allevamento di polli □ chicken farmer, pollicoltore; avicoltore □ chicken farming, pollicoltura; avicoltura □ chicken feed, mangime per polli; ( slang) somma di denaro trascurabile, spiccioli □ ( cucina, USA) chicken-fried steak, bistecca sottile impanata e fritta □ ( slang) chicken-hawk, guerrafondaio che in passato ha evitato il servizio militare □ chicken-hearted (o chicken-livered), pusillanime; timido; vile □ chicken run, pollaio; recinto per i polli □ chicken wire, rete metallica leggera ( a maglie esagonali) □ (fig.) like a chicken with its head cut off, freneticamente; come un pazzo □ (fig.) to count one's chickens before they are hatched, vendere la pelle dell'orso prima d'averlo ammazzato □ (fam.) He's no ( spring) chicken, non è un giovincello □ (fam.) His chickens have come home to roost, ora deve pagarne le conseguenze; i nodi sono venuti al pettine. -
2 chicken
['tʃɪkɪn] 1.1) (fowl) pollo m.2) (anche chicken meat) pollo m., carne f. di pollo3) colloq. (coward) coniglio m., fifone m. (-a)2.modificatore [wing, stock, breast] di pollo; [ sandwich] al pollo••to count one's chickens (before they are hatched) — vendere la pelle dell'orso prima di averlo ammazzato
* * *[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) pollo2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) pollo3) ((slang.) a coward.) pollo•- chicken-pox
- chicken out* * *['tʃɪkɪn] 1.1) (fowl) pollo m.2) (anche chicken meat) pollo m., carne f. di pollo3) colloq. (coward) coniglio m., fifone m. (-a)2.modificatore [wing, stock, breast] di pollo; [ sandwich] al pollo••
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chicken-and-egg situation — One in which it is impossible to tell which is the cause and which the effect • • • Main Entry: ↑chick … Useful english dictionary
(a) chicken and egg situation — a situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other. It s a chicken and egg situation I don t know whether I was bad at the sciences because I wasn t interested in them or not interested in… … New idioms dictionary
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chicken-and-egg — adjective only before noun a chicken and egg situation is one where it is impossible to say which of two things happened first or caused the other to happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chicken-and-egg — ˌchik(ə̇)nən(d)¦eg, ¦āg adjective Etymology: so called from the proverbial question “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” : of, relating to, or being a cause and effect dilemma * * * adj used to describe a situation in which it is difficult … Useful english dictionary
chicken-and-egg — UK / US adjective [only before noun] a chicken and egg situation is one where it is impossible to say which of two things happened first or caused the other to happen • Etymology: From the question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? ,… … English dictionary
chicken-and-egg — ► chicken and egg (of a situation) in which each of two things appears to be necessary to the other. [ORIGIN: from the question ‘What came first, the chicken or the egg?’] Main Entry: ↑chicken … English terms dictionary
chicken-and-egg — [chik ənənd eg′] adj. of or relating to a paradoxical situation, question, etc. involving two factors, each of which in turn causes or leads to the other … English World dictionary
(a) chicken-and-egg problem — a ˌchicken and ˈegg situation, problem, etc. idiom a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other Main entry: ↑chickenidiom … Useful english dictionary
chicken-and-egg — denoting a situation in which each of two things appears to be necessary to the other. [from the question ‘Which came first, the chicken or the egg?’] → chicken … English new terms dictionary
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