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1 daft as a brush
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2 (as) daft as a brush
paзг.ничeгo нe cooбpaжaeт; глуп кaк пpoбкaLook at that fellow - he's walked straight across the road without looking at the traffic. He must be daft as a brush -
3 as daft as a brush
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4 daft
[dɑːft], [dæft]прил.; брит.; разг.1) глупый; довольно странный, дурацкий; неблагоразумный, легкомысленныйThis is a daft idea. — Это глупая идея.
You're asking a lot of daft questions. — Ты задаёшь слишком много дурацких вопросов.
I now ask myself how I could have been so daft. — Я теперь спрашиваю себя, как я могла быть такой наивной.
Syn:2)I'm just daft about dogs. — Я просто помешана на собаках.
Syn:б) сумасшедшийSyn:••- drive smb. daft
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5 daft
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6 daft as
Табуированная лексика: brush, очень глупый -
7 глупый
прил. foolish, silly, stupid;
inane (о выражении лица, об улыбке) ставить в глупое положение( кого-л.) ≈ to make an ass (of) он глуп как пробка ≈ he is a blockhead/dolt/numskullглуп|ый - stupid, silly;
(о поступке и т. п.) foolish;
(о ребёнке) ~ he`s too little to understand;
он глуп как пробка he is a blockhead, he is as daft as a brush;
он от природы глуп he was born stupid;
он не так глуп, чтобы... he has more sense than to...;
~ вид foolish appearance, silly/inane look;
~ая затея silly idea;
~ое положение embarrassing/awkward situation. -
8 пробка
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1) (пористый наружный слой коры некоторых растений) cork
2) (затычка) stopper, plug, tap, cork завинчивающаяся пробка ≈ screw-top
3) электр. fuse
4) (разг.;
затор) traffic jam, jamming, jam-up воздушная пробка ≈ air-lock тех. пробка на дороге ≈ traffic congestion создавать пробку ≈ to bottle-neck ∙ %% он глуп как пробка ≈ he is a blockhead, he is daft as a brushпробк|а - ж.
1. тк. ед. (материал) cork;
2. (для бутылок) cork;
(стеклянная) stopper;
тех. plug;
3. эл. fuse, circuit-breaker, cut-out;
~ перегорела the fuse has blown;
поставить новую ~у put* in a new fuse, change the fuse;
4. (затор) jam;
он глуп как ~ е he`s аs stupid as an owl, he`s an utter blockhead;
~овый suberic научн., cork attr. ;
~овый дуб cork-oak.
См. также в других словарях:
daft as a brush — (UK) Someone who is daft as a brush is rather stupid … The small dictionary of idiomes
daft as a brush — (as) daft as a brush see ↑daft • • • Main Entry: ↑brush (as) daft as a brush : very silly or somewhat crazy The professor is perfectly nice but she s daft as a brush. • • • Main Entry: ↑daft * * * … Useful english dictionary
daft as a brush — (UK) Someone who s daft as a brush s rather stupd. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Daft as a brush — (UK) Someone who is daft as a brush is rather stupid … Dictionary of English idioms
as daft as a brush — (as) daft as a brush see ↑daft • • • Main Entry: ↑brush (as) daft as a brush : very silly or somewhat crazy The professor is perfectly nice but she s daft as a brush. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
be as daft as a brush — British, informal if someone is as daft as a brush, they behave in a very silly way. I remember him as a kid and he was as daft as a brush then … New idioms dictionary
daft as a brush — adjective Describes someone who is known to do and say silly things … Wiktionary
daft as a brush — Phrs. Very silly, crazy. Mainly Northern use … English slang and colloquialisms
daft as a brush — Very silly … A concise dictionary of English slang
daft — [da:ft US dæft] adj especially BrE [: Old English; Origin: gedAfte gentle ] 1.) silly ▪ a daft idea ▪ Me, jealous? Don t be daft (=that is a silly idea) . ▪ She s as daft as a brush (=extremely silly) . 2.) be daft about sth to be extremely… … Dictionary of contemporary English
daft */ — UK [dɑːft] / US [dæft] adjective Word forms daft : adjective daft comparative dafter superlative daftest informal 1) silly and not sensible or reasonable I think it s a daft idea. don t be daft: Don t be daft – of course I won t forget you. be… … English dictionary