Перевод: с испанского на английский

с английского на испанский

bending over backwards

  • 1 hacer lo imposible

    to do the impossible, do one's utmost
    * * *
    (v.) = bend over backwards, do + the impossible, lean over + backwards, double over + backwards
    Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex. The article carries the title 'Helping the bumble bees to fly or teacher librarians to do the impossible'.
    Ex. In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.
    Ex. Fact is, in 2006, the record industry is doubling over backwards in its attempt to remedy its decision a decade ago to ignore the onset of the web.
    * * *
    (v.) = bend over backwards, do + the impossible, lean over + backwards, double over + backwards

    Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.

    Ex: The article carries the title 'Helping the bumble bees to fly or teacher librarians to do the impossible'.
    Ex: In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.
    Ex: Fact is, in 2006, the record industry is doubling over backwards in its attempt to remedy its decision a decade ago to ignore the onset of the web.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer lo imposible

  • 2 insulso

    adj.
    1 dull, unentertaining, boring, uninteresting.
    2 tasteless, bland, dull, insipid.
    * * *
    1 (comida) insipid, tasteless
    2 (persona) dull
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [comida] tasteless, insipid
    2) [charla, persona] dull
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
    b) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
    * * *
    = listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    ----
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
    b) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
    * * *
    = listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.

    * * *
    insulso -sa
    1 ‹comida› insipid, tasteless, bland
    2 ‹persona› insipid, dull; ‹conversación/libro› dull
    * * *

    insulso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    b) ‹ persona› insipid, dull;

    ‹conversación/libro› dull
    insulso,-a adjetivo insipid: es una persona muy insulsa, he's a very dull person
    ' insulso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insulsa
    English:
    insipid
    - tame
    - uninspired
    - bland
    - nondescript
    - unexciting
    * * *
    insulso, -a adj
    1. [comida] bland, insipid
    2. [persona, libro] insipid, dull
    * * *
    adj bland, insipid
    * * *
    insulso, -sa adj
    1) insípido: insipid, bland
    2) : dull

    Spanish-English dictionary > insulso

  • 3 soso

    adj.
    1 boring, dull, soggy, spiritless.
    2 tasteless, dull, flat, flavorless.
    3 drab, dull.
    m.
    bore, boring person.
    * * *
    1 (insípido) tasteless; (sin sal) unsalted
    2 figurado dull, insipid
    * * *
    (f. - sosa)
    adj.
    1) flavorless, saltless
    2) dull
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Culin) (=insípido) tasteless, insipid; (=sin sal) unsalted
    2) (=aburrido, inexpresivo) dull, uninteresting
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless

    está soso — ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless; ( sin sal) it needs more salt

    b) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab
    * * *
    = dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.
    Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
    Ex. This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.
    Ex. Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.
    Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex. He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.
    Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.
    ----
    * sosa cáustica = caustic soda.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> ( sin sabor) bland, tasteless

    está soso — ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless; ( sin sal) it needs more salt

    b) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab
    * * *
    = dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.

    Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

    Ex: This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.
    Ex: Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.
    Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex: He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.
    Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.
    * sosa cáustica = caustic soda.

    * * *
    soso -sa
    1 ‹comida/sopa› (falto de sabor) bland, tasteless
    está soso (sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless, it doesn't have much taste o flavor to it; (sin sal) it needs more salt, it doesn't have enough salt in it
    2 ‹persona/película› boring, dull
    3 ‹estilo› flat, drab
    * * *

    soso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ◊ está soso ( sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless;


    ( sin sal) it needs more salt
    b) ‹persona/película› boring, dull;

    ‹ estilo› flat, drab
    soso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin sal) lacking in salt
    (sin sabor) flavourless, tasteless
    la comida está sosa, the food is tasteless
    2 fig (sin gracia) bland, insipid, dull
    es una mujer muy sosa, she's a bore
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino bore: los dos son unos sosos, both of them are dull and boring
    ' soso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anodina
    - anodino
    - insípida
    - insípido
    - sopa
    - sosa
    English:
    bland
    - colourless
    - drip
    - flair
    - flat
    - flavorless
    - flavourless
    - insipid
    - nondescript
    - wishy-washy
    - drab
    - so
    - tasteless
    * * *
    soso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [insípido] bland, tasteless;
    esta sopa está sosa this soup needs more salt;
    el guiso ha quedado muy soso the stew hasn't got much flavour
    2. [sin gracia] dull, insipid
    ♦ nm,f
    dull person, bore
    * * *
    I adj tasteless, insipid; fig
    dull
    II m, sosa f stick-in-the-mud fam
    * * *
    soso, -sa adj
    1) insípido: bland, flavorless
    2) aburrido: dull, boring
    * * *
    soso adj
    1. (sin gusto) bland / tasteless
    2. dull / boring

    Spanish-English dictionary > soso

См. также в других словарях:

  • bend over backwards — bend/lean over backwards (to do something) British, American & Australian, Australian to try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone else. Banks are bending over backwards to help those in difficulties …   New idioms dictionary

  • lean over backwards — bend/lean over backwards (to do something) British, American & Australian, Australian to try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone else. Banks are bending over backwards to help those in difficulties …   New idioms dictionary

  • bend over backwards to do something — bend/lean over backwards (to do something) British, American & Australian, Australian to try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone else. Banks are bending over backwards to help those in difficulties …   New idioms dictionary

  • lean over backwards to do something — bend/lean over backwards (to do something) British, American & Australian, Australian to try very hard to do something, especially to help or please someone else. Banks are bending over backwards to help those in difficulties …   New idioms dictionary

  • Bend over — may refer to the action of bending one s body over, as in to pick up something, or, for example, as the hydra does in order to move when hunting, in dancing (like in the various breakdance moves), gymnastics, and sports (like snap football), as… …   Wikipedia

  • Backward bending supply curve of labour — This supply curve shows how the change in real wage rates affects the amount of hours worked by employees.Referring to the graph, if real wages were to increase from W1 to W2 then the worker will obtain a greater utility, due to their higher… …   Wikipedia

  • Professional wrestling holds — include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission. This article covers the various pins, stretches and transition holds used in the ring. Moves are listed under general categories… …   Wikipedia

  • bend — [[t]be̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ bends, bending, bent 1) VERB When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend. [V adv/prep] I bent over and kissed her cheek... [V adv/prep] Turn the pot if the plants show… …   English dictionary

  • Lennard J. Davis — Lennard J. Davis, a nationally known American specialist in disability studies, is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Arts and Sciences, and also Professor of Disability and Human Development in the School of …   Wikipedia

  • bend — 1 bend, verb past tense and past participle bent bent 1 MOVE YOUR BODY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move the top half of your body forwards or downwards (+ towards/across etc): He bent towards me and whispered in my ear. | bend over (=bend …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • backward — 1. adjective 1) a backward look Syn: rearward, to/toward the rear, to/toward the back, behind one, reverse Ant: forward 2) the decision was a backward step Syn: retrograde, retrogressive …   Thesaurus of popular words

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»