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1 drop a brick / drop a clanger
(unknowingly to say or do something extremely tactless.) tapintatlan megjegyzést teszEnglish-Hungarian dictionary > drop a brick / drop a clanger
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2 drop
leesés, hanyatlás, felvonásvégi függöny, csapóajtó to drop: összeesik, elesik, borjazik, ellik, cseppent, ejt* * *[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) csepp v. csöpp2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) csepp v. csöpp3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) csökkenés4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) esés2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (le)ejt2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) leesik3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) felad (vmit), elejt (vkit, vmit)4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) letesz5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) ír (pár sort)•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out
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drop a clanger — (informal) 1. To say something tactless 2. To make a stupid blunder • • • Main Entry: ↑clang * * * drop a ˈbrick/ˈclanger idiom (BrE, inform … Useful english dictionary
drop a brick — phrasal slang : to do or say something indiscreet : make a blunder * * * drop a brick To say or do something horrifyingly tactless or indiscreet • • • Main Entry: ↑brick drop a brick see under ↑brick • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
drop — 1 verb FALL/ALLOW TO FALL 1 (T) to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls: I must have dropped my scarf on the bus. | The dog dropped a stick at George s feet. 2 FALL (I) to fall suddenly, especially from a high place: A bottle… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
drop — verb (drops, dropping, dropped) 1》 fall or cause to fall vertically. ↘deliver by parachute. ↘sink to or towards the ground. ↘informal collapse from exhaustion. 2》 make or become lower, weaker, or less. ↘lose (a point, a match, etc … English new terms dictionary
drop a bollock — vb British to commit a blunder; a vulgar alterna tive to the colloquial drop a brick or drop a clanger … Contemporary slang
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