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it's a chicken and egg situation

  • 1 chicken

    1. noun
    1) Huhn, das; (grilled, roasted) Hähnchen, das

    don't count your chickens [before they are hatched] — (prov.) man soll den Pelz nicht verkaufen, ehe man den Bären erlegt hat

    2)

    she's no chicken — (coll.): (is no longer young) sie ist nicht mehr die Jüngste

    3) (coll.): (coward) Angsthase, der
    2. adjective
    (coll.) feig[e]
    3. intransitive verb

    chicken out — (coll.) kneifen

    * * *
    [' ikin]
    1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) das Küken
    2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) das Huhn
    3) ((slang.) a coward.)
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    - academic.ru/12385/chicken-hearted">chicken-hearted
    - chicken-pox
    - chicken out
    * * *
    chick·en
    [ˈtʃɪkɪn]
    I. n
    1. (farm bird) Huhn nt
    a headless \chicken ( fig) ein kopfloses [o aufgescheuchtes] Huhn fam
    2. no pl (meat) Hähnchen nt, Hühnchen nt, Poulet nt SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR oft Hend[e]l nt fam
    fried/roasted \chicken Brathähnchen nt
    grilled \chicken Grillhähnchen nt
    3. ( pej sl: person lacking courage) Angsthase m fam, Feigling m
    to play \chicken eine Mutprobe machen [o ablegen
    4.
    ▶ don't count your \chickens before they're hatched ( prov) man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben prov
    ▶ it's a \chicken and egg situation hier stellt sich die Frage, was zuerst da war: die Henne oder das Ei?, das ist eine [echte] Zwickmühle
    ▶ to be no spring \chicken nicht mehr der/die Jüngste sein fam
    II. adj ( pej sl) feige, ängstlich
    to be too \chicken to do sth zu feige sein, [um] etw zu tun
    * * *
    ['tʃIkɪn]
    1. n
    1) Huhn nt; (for roasting, frying) Hähnchen nt

    chicken liver — Hühner- or Geflügelleber f

    don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) (Prov) — man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben (Prov)

    2) (inf: coward) feiges Huhn (inf), Feigling m
    2. adj (inf)
    feig

    he's chicken — er ist ein Feigling or ein feiges Huhn (inf)

    * * *
    chicken [ˈtʃıkın]
    A s
    1. Küken n, Hühnchen n, Hähnchen n:
    count one’s chickens before they are hatched das Fell des Bären verkaufen, ehe man ihn hat
    2. Huhn n
    3. Huhn n, Hühnerfleisch n
    4. umg Küken (junge Person):
    she is no chicken sie ist (auch) nicht mehr die Jüngste
    5. umg Angsthase m, Feigling m
    a) eine Mutprobe ablegen (Kinder),
    b) es auf eine Konfrontation etc ankommen lassen
    7. US sl Strichjunge m
    B adj umg feig
    a) kneifen (vor dat),
    b) aussteigen (aus)
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Huhn, das; (grilled, roasted) Hähnchen, das

    don't count your chickens [before they are hatched] — (prov.) man soll den Pelz nicht verkaufen, ehe man den Bären erlegt hat

    2)

    she's no chicken — (coll.): (is no longer young) sie ist nicht mehr die Jüngste

    3) (coll.): (coward) Angsthase, der
    2. adjective
    (coll.) feig[e]
    3. intransitive verb

    chicken out — (coll.) kneifen

    * * *
    n.
    Huhn ¨-er n.

    English-german dictionary > chicken

  • 2 chicken

    chick·en [ʼtʃɪkɪn] n
    1) ( farm bird) Huhn nt;
    a headless \chicken ( fig) ein kopfloses [o aufgescheuchtes] Huhn ( fam)
    2) no pl ( meat) Hähnchen nt, Hühnchen nt;
    fried/roasted \chicken Brathähnchen nt;
    grilled \chicken Grillhähnchen nt;
    3) (pej sl: person lacking courage) Angsthase m ( fam), Feigling m;
    to play \chicken eine Mutprobe machen [o ablegen];
    PHRASES:
    it's a \chicken and egg situation hier stellt sich die Frage, was zuerst da war: die Henne oder das Ei?, das ist eine [echte] Zwickmühle;
    to be no spring \chicken nicht mehr der/die Jüngste sein ( fam)
    don't count your \chickens before they're hatched (your \chickens before they're hatched) man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben ( prov) adj; ( pej) (sl) feige, ängstlich;
    to be too \chicken to do sth zu feige sein, [um] etw zu tun

    English-German students dictionary > chicken

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