biti na pravi (napačni) poti

1) (a short nail with a broad flat head: a carpet-tack.) risalni žebljiček

2) (in sewing, a large, temporary stitch used to hold material together while it is being sewn together properly.) začasen šiv

3) (in sailing, a movement diagonally against the wind: We sailed on an easterly tack.) laviranje

4) (a direction or course: After they moved, their lives took a different tack.) smer

1) ((with down, on etc) to fasten (with tacks): I tacked the carpet down; She tacked the material together.) pritrditi z žebljički

2) ((of sailing-boats) to move diagonally (backwards and forwards) against the wind: The boat tacked into harbour.) lavirati

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žebljiček s ploščato glavico, risalni žebljiček; klinček, kvačica; dolg (začasen) šiv; marine vrv za zvitje jadra; spodnji kraj jadra; vsaka spremenjena smer v cikcakasti vožnji jadrnice, laviranje, figuratively kurz; postopck, smer, pot (politike, akcije), taktika; lepljivost, viskoznost (barve, laka); parliament dodatna klavzula, dodatek predlogu

a new tack — figuratively nov kurz

thumb-tack — adjective risalni žebljiček

the boat is on tixe starboard (port) tack — čoln (jadro, ladja) dobiva veter z desne (leve) strani

to be on the right (wrong) tack — biti na pravi (napačni) poti

to change one's tacks — iti v drugo smer, ubrati drug kurz, privzeti druge mere

to come down to the brass tacks figuratively razpravljati o bistvu zadeve

to get a new tack — najti novo sredstvo

to try another tack — poskusiti novo pot (smer, taktiko)

pritrditi, pričvrstiti, pribiti (z žebljički); začasno zašiti z dolgimi šivi; dodati, priključiti, prilepiti, privezati (on, to na, k); technical začasno zalotati; intransitive verb v cikcaku jadrati proti vetru; nenadoma spremeniti smer vožnje, (nenadoma) spremeniti svoj kurz, lavirati, iti po drugi poti, spremeniti taktiko

to tack a rug — pritrditi predposteljnik

(zaničevalno)jedača; hrana

soft tack — mehek, bel kruh; dobra hrana