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1 horseplay
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2 horseplay horse·play n
['hɔːsˌpleɪ]giochi mpl scatenati -
3 horse
[hɔːs]1) cavallo m.the horses — colloq. (horseracing) le corse dei cavalli
3) U mil. cavalleria f.4) colloq. (heroin) ero(ina) f.••to flog — BE
beat — AE
a dead horse — colloq. pestare l'acqua nel mortaio
(straight) from the horse's mouth — [ information] di prima mano
to get on one's high horse — darsi delle arie, alzare la cresta
hold your horses! — colloq. calma!
it's horses for courses — = persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi
* * *[ho:s]1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) cavallo2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) cavallo•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth* * *[hɔːs]1) cavallo m.the horses — colloq. (horseracing) le corse dei cavalli
3) U mil. cavalleria f.4) colloq. (heroin) ero(ina) f.••to flog — BE
beat — AE
a dead horse — colloq. pestare l'acqua nel mortaio
(straight) from the horse's mouth — [ information] di prima mano
to get on one's high horse — darsi delle arie, alzare la cresta
hold your horses! — colloq. calma!
it's horses for courses — = persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi
См. также в других словарях:
Horseplay — Horse play , n. Rude, boisterous play. [1913 Webster] Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horseplay — (n.) rough, excessive play, 1580s, from HORSE (Cf. horse) (n.) with its associations of strong, coarse + PLAY (Cf. play) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
horseplay — [n] rough play antics, buffoonery, capers, clowning, fooling around, fun and games, hijinks, misbehavior, pranks, roughhousing, rowdiness, shenanigans, tomfoolery; concept 386 … New thesaurus
horseplay — ► NOUN ▪ rough, boisterous play … English terms dictionary
horseplay — [hôrs′plā΄] n. rough, boisterous fun … English World dictionary
horseplay — [[t]hɔ͟ː(r)spleɪ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Horseplay is rough play in which people push and hit each other, or behave in a silly way. [OLD FASHIONED] ...the childish splashing and horseplay Mark indulged in … English dictionary
horseplay — {n.} Rough, practical joking. * /The newlyweds couldn t get a wink of sleep all night because there was a lot of yelling and screaming outside of their window the usual horseplay./ … Dictionary of American idioms
horseplay — {n.} Rough, practical joking. * /The newlyweds couldn t get a wink of sleep all night because there was a lot of yelling and screaming outside of their window the usual horseplay./ … Dictionary of American idioms
horseplay — 1. noun Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm. Syn: roughhousing 2. verb To engage in horseplay … Wiktionary
horseplay — noun Rough, practical joking. The newlyweds couldn t get a wink of sleep all night because there was a lot of yelling and screaming outside of their window the usual horseplay … Словарь американских идиом
horseplay — just having fun, fooling around Don t worry. The boys aren t fighting. It s just horseplay … English idioms