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Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > соломенная вдова
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1) General subject: discovert, dowager (высокопоставленного лица), grass-widow, widow2) Dialect: widdy3) Obsolete: relict4) Jocular: second-hand woman5) Law: feme sole, matron, single person, single woman6) Economy: surviving female spouse, surviving spouse, widowed person7) Jargon: sod widow8) Taboo: man-trap -
7 жена без мужа - вдовы хуже
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > жена без мужа - вдовы хуже
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см. тж. соломенный вдовецlit. straw widow; grass widowДо войны она два раза выходила замуж, оба мужа оказались неудачными, и она с ними разошлась. Потому-то её и дразнили соломенной вдовой... (В. Панова, Кружилиха) — Before the war she had got married twice; both her husbands proved to be failures and she parted with them. That's why she was teased for being a straw widow...
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > соломенная вдова
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прил. от соломасоломенный тюфяк — straw bed /mattress
••соломенная вдова разг. — grass widow
соломенный вдовец разг. — grass widower
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Jargon: grass widowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > жена, чей муж долго отсутствует
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straw (attr.)соломенная крыша — thatched roof, thatch
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1) ( из соломы) straw (attr)соло́менная шля́па — straw hat
соло́менная кры́ша — thatched roof, thatch
соло́менное чу́чело — straw man
2) ( цвета соломы) straw (attr), pale yellow••соло́менная вдова́ разг. — grass widow
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разг. grass widowРусско-английский словарь по общей лексике > соломенная вдова
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СОЛОМЕННЫЙ ВДОВЕЦ (СОЛОМЕННАЯ ВДОВА) NPa person who is temporarily separated from or not living with his or her spousegrass widower (widow).Loan translation of the German Strohwitwer, Strohwitwe.
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grass widow — n. 1. A woman who is divorced or separated from her husband. 2. A woman whose husband is temporarily absent. 3. An abandoned mistress. 4. The mother of a child born out of wedlock. ╂ [Perhaps in allusion to a bed of grass or hay.] … Word Histories
Grass widow — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Grass widow — Widow Wid ow (w[i^]d [ o]), n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe, wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G. wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw[=o], Russ. udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[=a];… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grass widow — A grass widow is a woman whose husband is often away on work, leaving her on her own … The small dictionary of idiomes
grass widow — 1520s, originally discarded mistress (Cf. Ger. Strohwitwe, lit. straw widow ), probably in reference to casual bedding. Sense of married woman whose husband is absent is from 1846. [G]rasse wydowes ... be yet as seuerall as a barbours chayre and… … Etymology dictionary
grass widow — n. [Early ModE, discarded mistress (similar to Du grasweduwe, Ger strohwittwe): prob. allusion is to bed of grass or straw as opposed to the conjugal bed] 1. a woman divorced or otherwise separated from her husband 2. a woman whose husband is… … English World dictionary
grass widow — a woman of marriageable age separated for an extended period from her husband The derivation is from the grass of the hill stations to which wives were sent during the Indian hot season, or a corruption of grace widow? Originally it might… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
grass widow — noun a woman whose husband is away often or for a prolonged period. Origin C16 (denoting an unmarried woman with a child): from grass + widow, perh. from the idea of a couple having lain on the grass instead of in bed … English new terms dictionary
grass widow — A grass widow is a woman whose husband is often away on work, leaving her on her own. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Grass widow — A grass widow is a woman whose husband is often away on work, leaving her on her own … Dictionary of English idioms
grass widow — grass′ wid′ow n. 1) a woman who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from her husband 2) a woman whose husband is often away from home 3) Chiefly Dial. a) a mistress who has been cast aside b) a woman who has borne an illegitimate child •… … From formal English to slang