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1 Idiotie
f; -, -n2. MED., altm. idiocy* * *die Idiotieidiocy* * *Idi|o|tie [idio'tiː]f -, -n[-'tiːən] idiocy; (inf) lunacy, madness, craziness* * *Idi·o·tie<-, -n>[idi̯oˈti:]f* * *die; Idiotie, Idiotien1) idiocy2) (ugs. abwertend): (Dummheit) lunacy; madness* * *1. umg:eine Idiotie (sheer) lunacy; (Dummheit) a totally stupid thing to do2. MED, obs idiocy* * *die; Idiotie, Idiotien1) idiocy2) (ugs. abwertend): (Dummheit) lunacy; madness* * *-n f.idiocy n. -
2 folie
folie [fɔli]feminine nouna. ( = maladie) insanity• c'est de la folie douce or furieuse it's sheer madnessb. ( = bêtise, erreur, dépense) extravagance• vous avez fait des folies en achetant ce cadeau you have been far too extravagant in buying this present* * *fɔli1) ( déraison) madnesscrise or coup de folie — brainstorm
être pris de folie — to go mad GB ou crazy
aimer quelqu'un/quelque chose à la folie — to be mad GB ou crazy about somebody/something
2) ( acte déraisonnable)3) ( passion)avoir la folie des antiquités — to be mad GB ou crazy about antiques
4) ( dépense inconsidérée) extravagancefaire une folie, faire des folies — to be extravagant
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *fɔli nf1) (= état) madness, insanity2) (= acte) folly* * *folie nf1 ( démence) madness; crise or coup de folie brainstorm; basculer dans la folie meurtrière to become a homicidal maniac;2 ( déraison) madness; c'est de la folie pure it's sheer madness; être pris de folie to go mad GB ou crazy; aimer qn/qch à la folie to be mad GB ou crazy about sb/sth, to love sb/sth to distraction sout; des spectateurs/une salle en folie an ecstatic crowd/audience;3 ( acte déraisonnable) act of folly; cette folie leur a coûté la vie it was an act of folly which cost them their lives; mes folies de jeunesse my youthful follies; elle a fait une folie en acceptant she was mad to accept;4 ( passion) avoir la folie du marbre/des antiquités to be mad GB ou crazy about marble/about antiques;folie à deux Méd folie à deux; folie douce sheer madness; c'est de la folie douce it's sheer madness; folie furieuse stark raving madness; être pris de folie furieuse to go berserk; folie des grandeurs delusions (pl) of grandeur; avoir la folie des grandeurs to have delusions of grandeur.[fɔli] nom fémininun accès ou une crise de folie a fit of madnessc'est pure folie it's utter madness ou sheer follysortir par ce temps, c'est de la folie furieuse! it's (sheer) madness to go out in weather like this!avoir la folie des grandeurs to suffer from ou to have delusions of grandeurj'ai fait une folie en achetant ce manteau I was crazy ou mad to buy that coatfaire des folies [dépenser] to be extravagant————————à la folie locution adverbialeaimer quelqu'un à la folie to be madly in love with somebody, to love somebody to distraction -
3 puro
pure* * *puro agg.1 pure: lana, seta pura, pure wool, silk; alcol, oro puro, pure alcohol, gold; acqua, aria pura, pure water, air // cielo puro, clear sky // vino, cognac puro, neat wine, brandy // razza pura, pure breed // linguaggio, stile puro, pure language, style // scienza, arte, matematica pura, pure science, art, mathematics3 ( mero, semplice) mere, sheer, pure: il puro necessario, what is strictly necessary; pura pazzia, sheer (o mere) madness; la pura verità, the plain truth; per puro caso, by mere (o pure) chance; per pura curiosità, for sheer (o mere) curiosity◆ s.m. pure person.* * *['puro] 1.1) (non mescolato) [cotone, lana, seta, razza, lingua] pure; [oro, argento] pure, fine; [ alcol] pure, absolutebere il vino puro — to drink one's wine straight o undiluted
è un egoista allo stato puro — fig. he's a complete and utter egoist
2) (non alterato) [gusto, colore] pure; (limpido) [aria, acqua, suono] clear, pure3) (sem plice)è una -a formalità — it's a mere formality, just a formality
è la -a verità — it's the naked o simple truth
puro e semplice — [bugia, rifiuto] pure and simple, outright; [pigrizia, ignoranza] plain
per puro caso — by pure chance, by sheer accident
per -a curiosità — out of pure o idle curiosity
4) (inno cente) [ persona] pure2.sostantivo maschile (f. -a)* * *puro/'puro/1 (non mescolato) [cotone, lana, seta, razza, lingua] pure; [oro, argento] pure, fine; [ alcol] pure, absolute; bere il vino puro to drink one's wine straight o undiluted; allo stato puro in the pure state; è un egoista allo stato puro fig. he's a complete and utter egoist2 (non alterato) [gusto, colore] pure; (limpido) [aria, acqua, suono] clear, pure3 (sem plice) è una -a formalità it's a mere formality, just a formality; è la -a verità it's the naked o simple truth; è -a follia it's sheer lunacy; puro e semplice [bugia, rifiuto] pure and simple, outright; [pigrizia, ignoranza] plain; per puro caso by pure chance, by sheer accident; per -a curiosità out of pure o idle curiosity( f. -a) i -i the pure-hearted. -
4 pur
pur, e [pyʀ]1. adjective• pur fruit [confiture] real fruit• pur beurre [gâteau] all butter2. masculine noun, feminine noun* * *
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pure pyʀ adjectif1) ( sans mélange) pure; ( non dilué) straight2) ( non altéré) [eau, air] pure; [diamant] flawless; [ciel, voix] clear3) ( sans fioritures) [ligne, style] pure4) ( total) [méchanceté, vérité] pure; [coïncidence, plaisir, folie] sheer5) ( théorique) pure6) ( d'origine) [tradition] trueun pur produit de — lit, fig a typical product of
à l'état pur — [génie, bêtise] sheer
7) ( sans défaut moral) pure
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nom masculin, féminin1) ( personne irréprochable) virtuous person2) ( fidèle à un parti)* * *pyʀ pur, -e1. adj1) (eau) pureL'eau de cette source est très pure. — The water from this spring is very pure.
100% pur jus sans sucre ajouté — 100% pure juice with no added sugar
2) (vin) undiluted3) (whisky) neat4) (intentions) pure5)en pure perte — fruitlessly, to no avail
2. nm/f(= personne) hardliner* * *A adj1 ( sans mélange) [substance, laine, héroïne, race] pure; ( non dilué) [whisky, pastis] straight; c'est de l'or pur it's pure gold; un métal à l'état pur metal in its pure state; boire son vin pur to drink one's wine undiluted; une confiture pur sucre a jam with no artificial sweetening; une confiture pur fruit a real fruit jam; fromages pur chèvre/vache pure goat's/cow's milk cheese; pur porc [saucisson] pure pork ( épith);2 ( non altéré) [eau, air] pure; [diamant] flawless; [ciel] clear; [son, voix] pure, clear; respirer l'air pur to breathe the pure air;4 ( total) [méchanceté, fantasme, vérité] pure; [coïncidence, plaisir, ignorance, folie, inconscience] sheer; c'est du pur masochisme it's sheer ou pure masochism; en pure perte to no avail; de pure forme token ( épith); question/propos de pure forme token question/words; pur et simple [mensonge, refus, ignorance, élimination] outright; on envisage le retrait pur et simple des troupes they simply envisage the withdrawal of the troops; c'est de la paresse/fiction pure et simple it's laziness/fiction, pure and simple; pur et dur hardline; le militarisme pur et dur hardline militarism; un militant pur et dur a hardline militant;5 ( théorique) [sciences, recherche, mathématiques] pure;6 ( d'origine) [tradition] true; dans la pure tradition populaire in the true popular tradition; un pur produit de qch lit, fig a typical product of sth; un Parisien de pure souche a Parisian born and bred; à l'état pur [génie, bêtise] sheer; c'est de la bêtise à l'état pur it's sheer stupidity;7 ( sans défaut moral) [personne, cœur] pure.B nm,f1 ( personne irréprochable) virtuous person;2 ( fidèle à un parti) hardliner; les purs et durs the hardliners.2. [sans mélange - liquide] undiluted ; [ - race] pure ; [ - bonheur, joie] unalloyed, pure ; [ - note, voyelle, couleur] pureil parle un anglais très pur he speaks very refined ou polished Englishbiscuits pur beurre (100 %) butter biscuitsà l'état pur pure, unalloyed, unadulterateda. [fidèle] strictb. [intransigeant] hard-linedes lignes pures neat ou perfect linesc'est de la lâcheté pure et simple it's sheer cowardice, it's cowardice pure and simple————————, pure [pyr] nom masculin, nom féminin1. POLITIQUE [fidèle] dedicated follower[intransigeant] hardliner -
5 horrend
Adj. Preis etc.: shocking, ridiculous; eine horrende Dummheit sheer lunacy* * *horrendous* * *hor|rẹnd [hɔ'rɛnt]1. adjhorrendous2. advteuer horrendously* * *hor·rend[hɔˈrɛnt]adj horrendous▪ \horrend sein, was/wie viel... to be horrendous what/how much...* * *Adjektiv shocking (coll.), horrendous (coll.) < price>; colossal (coll.) <sum, amount, rent>* * *horrend adj Preis etc: shocking, ridiculous;eine horrende Dummheit sheer lunacy* * *Adjektiv shocking (coll.), horrendous (coll.) < price>; colossal (coll.) <sum, amount, rent>* * *adj.horrendous adj. adv.horrendously adv. -
6 délire
délire [deliʀ]masculine nouna. [de malade] delirium• c'est du délire ! (inf) ( = extravagant) it's sheer madness!b. ( = frénésie) frenzy• quand l'acteur parut, ce fut du délire (inf) when the actor appeared the crowd went crazy* * *deliʀnom masculin1) Médecine, Psychologie delirium2) (colloq) ( folie) madnesstravailler autant, c'est du délire! — it's crazy (colloq) to work that hard!
3) ( enthousiasme) frenzy4) ( frénésie) frenzy* * *deliʀ1. nm1) (= fièvre) delirium2) fig (= frénésie) frenzy3) (= fantaisie) wild ideaIls sont toujours prêts à la suivre dans ses délires. — They're always ready to go along with her wild ideas.
4) (= aberration, folie) sheer lunacy5)2. adj** * *délire nm1 Méd, Psych delirium; fièvre accompagnée de délire fever accompanied by delirium; en proie au délire suffering from delirium; délire obsessionnel obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD;2 ○( folie) madness; travailler autant, c'est du délire! it's madness to work that hard; sur la route hier c'était le délire it was sheer madness on the road yesterday; la soirée de Max c'était le délire! ( c'était génial) Max's party was fantastic○; ( c'était atroce) Max's party was a nightmare○;3 ( enthousiasme exubérant) frenzy; au troisième but ce fut le délire at the third goal the crowd went wild; foule/salle en délire crowd/audience in raptures;4 ( frénésie) frenzy; délire verbal verbal excess.[delir] nom masculin2. [incohérences]3. (familier & locution)c'est le ou du délire: partout où il se produit, c'est le ou du délire wherever he performs, audiences go wild ou crazydemander aux gens de payer 50 % en plus, c'est du délire! asking people to pay 50% over the odds is stark staring madness!ce n'est plus de la mise en scène, c'est du délire! it's no longer stage production, it's sheer madness!————————en délire locution adjectivale -
7 сумасшествие
сmadness, insanity, lunacyе́хать туда́ но́чью бы́ло бы чи́стым сумасше́ствием — it would be sheer lunacy/madness to go there at night
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8 это просто безумие!
General subject: it's sheer lunacy!Универсальный русско-английский словарь > это просто безумие!
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9 obłęd
( szaleństwo) insanity, madness; ( zamieszanie) bedlamwpadać(wpaść perf) w obłęd — to go insane lub mad
* * *mi1. pat. paranoia.2. (= obłąkanie) madness; czysty l. istny obłęd sheer lunacy; napad obłędu fit of madness; dostać obłędu go mad; miał obłęd w oczach his eyes were wild; doprowadzić kogoś do obłędu drive sb mad; przyprawiać kogoś o obłęd craze sb.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > obłęd
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10 безумие
с.1. ( безрассудство) follyэто просто безумие — this / is is sheer lunacy
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11 c'est de la folie douce que de vouloir la raisonner
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > c'est de la folie douce que de vouloir la raisonner
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12 dément
dément, e [demɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective( = fou) mad ; ( = incroyable) incredible ; ( = extravagant) (inf) [type, musique] weird (inf) ; [prix, projet] mad* * *
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démente demɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif1) ( fou) mad, insane2) (colloq) [spectacle] terrific (colloq); [événement] amazing; [prix] outrageous
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nom masculin, féminin mentally ill person* * *demɑ̃, ɑ̃t dément, -e1. vbSee:2. adj1) (= fou) mad Grande-Bretagne crazy2) * incredible* * *A adj1 ( fou) mad, insane;2 ○[spectacle] terrific○, fantastic○; [événement] amazing, incredible; [prix] outrageous.B nm,f mentally ill person.c'est dément, tout ce qu'on lui demande de faire! the amount she's being asked to do is sheer lunacy!————————, démente [demɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin -
13 безумие
с.1) ( безрассудство) follyлюби́ть до безу́мия — love to distraction
э́то про́сто безу́мие — this / it is sheer lunacy
2) уст. ( сумасшествие) madness, insanityвы меня́ доведёте до безу́мия — you will drive me crazy
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14 vanvid
* * *(et) madness, insanity,F lunacy;[ drive en til vanvid] drive somebody mad (, F: distracted),T drive somebody up the wall (el. round the bend);[ elske til vanvid] be madly in love with,F love to distraction;(fig) nearly crazy;[ det er det glade vanvid] it is sheer madness,T it is bloody stupid. -
15 locura
f.1 madness.2 crazy idea.3 folly, crazy act, act of madness, piece of folly.* * *1 (perturbación) madness, insanity2 (insensatez) folly\con locura madlyhacer una locura to do something silly¡qué locura! it's mad!* * *noun f.1) folly2) madness* * *SF1) (=demencia) madness, insanity2) (=exceso)¡qué locura! — it's madness!
me gusta con locura — * I'm crazy about it
es una casa de locura — * it's a smashing house *
precios de locura — * fantastic prices
tener o sentir locura por algn — to be crazy about sb
3) (=acto)* * *a) (Med) madness, insanityb) ( insensatez) crazy thing (colloq)c) ( inclinación exagerada)* * *= frenzy, wild thought, absurdity, folly, derangement, madness, insanity, lunacy, bedlam, craziness.Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.Ex. A wild thought of leaving the DPL shot through her mind and was gone.Ex. It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.Ex. The attempt to train young people in this kind of discrimination seems to me to be a folly, if not a crime.Ex. George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.Ex. The title of the article is 'Methods and madness of migration to micros'.Ex. The early psychiatric profession believed in the effectiveness of reading as a treatment for insanity.Ex. The article is entitled 'Certifiable lunacy or common sense? Combining your adult and juvenile collections'.Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.Ex. As for you, try to isolate yourself from all this craziness that have been going around you.----* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.* locuras = zaniness.* parecer una locura = sound + crazy.* * *a) (Med) madness, insanityb) ( insensatez) crazy thing (colloq)c) ( inclinación exagerada)* * *= frenzy, wild thought, absurdity, folly, derangement, madness, insanity, lunacy, bedlam, craziness.Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
Ex: A wild thought of leaving the DPL shot through her mind and was gone.Ex: It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.Ex: The attempt to train young people in this kind of discrimination seems to me to be a folly, if not a crime.Ex: George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.Ex: The title of the article is 'Methods and madness of migration to micros'.Ex: The early psychiatric profession believed in the effectiveness of reading as a treatment for insanity.Ex: The article is entitled 'Certifiable lunacy or common sense? Combining your adult and juvenile collections'.Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.Ex: As for you, try to isolate yourself from all this craziness that have been going around you.* amar con locura = love + Nombre + to bits.* locuras = zaniness.* parecer una locura = sound + crazy.* * *1 ( Med) madness, insanityataque de locura fit of madness2 (insensatez) crazy thing ( colloq)hizo muchas locuras en su juventud she did a lot of crazy things in her youth ( colloq)lo que dices es una locura what you're saying is sheer o complete madnesscometió la locura de casarse a los quince años she committed the folly of getting married at fifteengastó una locura en ese coche he spent a ridiculous amount on that car3(inclinación exagerada): siente locura por la pequeña she's absolutely mad about o besotted with the little one ( colloq)la quiero/me gusta con locura I'm crazy o mad o wild about her ( colloq)* * *
locura sustantivo femenino
◊ lo que hizo/dijo fue una locura what he did/said was sheer madnessb) ( inclinación exagerada):
la quiero con locura I'm crazy about her (colloq)
locura sustantivo femenino madness, insanity: ¡no lo hagas!, ¡es una locura!, don't do it, it's insane!
' locura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enajenación
- esperar
- filo
- borde
English:
craze
- feign
- folly
- insanity
- lunacy
- madly
- madness
- streak
- verge on
- amok
- look
* * *locura nf1. [demencia] madness;la mató en un arrebato de locura he killed her in a fit of madnessdecir locuras to talk nonsense;temía que hiciera una locura I was afraid he might do something desperate;sería una locura hacerlo it would be folly o madness to do itcon locura madly;se quieren con locura they're madly in love (with one another)4.una locura [mucho] a fortune, a ridiculous amount;gastar una locura to spend a fortune* * *f madness;es una locura it’s madness;de locura fam crazy* * *locura nf1) : insanity, madness2) : crazy thing, folly* * *locura n madness -
16 Wahnsinn
m; nur Sg.1. madness, insanity; dem Wahnsinn verfallen go insane ( oder mad); es ist zwar Wahnsinn, aber es hat Methode nach Shakespeares Hamlet: though this be madness, yet there is method in’t; etwa: there’s method in my etc. madness2. fig. madness, insanity; so einen Wahnsinn mache ich nicht mit I’m not getting involved in a crazy scheme like that; (ja) Wahnsinn! umg. amazing!, wow!, Brit. auch blimey!; das ist der Wahnsinn! umg. that’s just incredible!; hell I 5* * *der Wahnsinninsanity; lunacy; craziness; deliriousness; madness; mania* * *Wahn|sinnmno pl1) (old PSYCH) insanity, lunacy, madnessin Wáhnsinn verfallen — to go mad or insane
2) (= Verrücktheit, Unvernunft) madness, insanityjdn in den Wáhnsinn treiben — to drive sb mad
des Wáhnsinns fette Beute sein (inf) — to be off one's rocker (inf)
das ist doch (heller) Wáhnsinn, so ein Wáhnsinn! — that's sheer madness or idiocy!
3)religiöser Wáhnsinn — religious mania
* * *der1) insanity2) (insanity; madness.) lunacy3) madness* * *Wahn·sinnheller \Wahnsinn sein (fam) to be sheer [or utter] madnessjdn zum \Wahnsinn treiben (fam) to drive sb madso ein \Wahnsinn (fam) what madness!* * *der; o. Pl1) insanity; madness2) (ugs.): (Unvernunft) madness; lunacy3)* * *1. madness, insanity;dem Wahnsinn verfallen go insane ( oder mad);es ist zwar Wahnsinn, aber es hat Methode nach Shakespeares Hamlet: though this be madness, yet there is method in’t; etwa: there’s method in my etc madness2. fig madness, insanity;so einen Wahnsinn mache ich nicht mit I’m not getting involved in a crazy scheme like that;(ja) Wahnsinn! umg amazing!, wow!, Br auch blimey!;* * *der; o. Pl1) insanity; madness2) (ugs.): (Unvernunft) madness; lunacy3)* * *m.deliriousness n.frenzy n.insanity n.lunacy n.madness n.mania n. -
17 безумие
madness, unreason; insanity; folly; lunacy; frenzyобичам някого до безумие love s.o. to distraction* * *безу̀мие,ср., -я и безу̀мств|о ср., -а madness, unreason; insanity; folly; lunacy; frenzy; recklessness; distraction; обичам някого до \безумиее love s.o. to distraction; чисто \безумиее sheer madness.* * *distraction; folly{fOli}; frenzy; insanity* * *1. madness, unreason;insanity;folly;lunacy;frenzy 2. обичам някого до БЕЗУМИЕ love s. o. to distraction 3. чисто БЕЗУМИЕ sheer madness -
18 Mord
m; -(e)s, -e murder (an + Dat of); durch Attentat: assassination; JUR. (first-degree) murder, bes. Am. homicide; einen Mord begehen commit (a) murder; politischer Mord political murder ( oder assassination); wegen Mordes angeklagt werden be accused of (first-degree) murder; die Hinrichtung der Oppositionellen war Mord fig., pej. the execution of the dissidents was tantamount to murder; das gibt Mord und Totschlag umg., fig. all hell will be let loose; es ist der reinste oder glatter Mord umg., fig. it’s sheer murder ( Blödsinn: lunacy)* * *der Mordhomicide; murder* * *Mọrd [mɔrt]m -(e)s, -e[-də] murder, homicide (US) ( an +dat of); (an Politiker etc) assassination ( an +dat of)"Mord an altem Mann" — "old man slain or murdered"
auf Mord sinnen (old, liter) — to devise murderous schemes
das ist ja Mord! (inf) — it's (sheer) murder! (inf)
dann gibt es Mord und Totschlag (inf) — all hell will be let loose (Brit inf) or will break out (inf), there'll be hell to pay (inf)
* * *der1) ((an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally: The police are treating his death as a case of murder; an increase in the number of murders.) murder2) (any killing or causing of death that is considered as bad as this: the murder of innocent people by terrorists.) murder* * *<-[e]s, -e>[ˈmɔrt, pl ˈmɔrdə]m murdergeplanter \Mord premeditated murder, murder with malice aforethought formein heimtückischer/kaltblütiger \Mord a brutal [or vicious]/cold-blooded murderder perfekte \Mord the perfect murderein politisch motivierter \Mord a politically-motivated murder [or killing]versuchter \Mord JUR attempted murderjdn wegen \Mordes anklagen to charge sb with murdereinen \Mord [an jdm] begehen to commit a murder, to murder sbjdn wegen \Mordes vor Gericht stellen to try sb for murder▪ [jds] \Mord an jdm [sb's] murder of sb, murder of sb [by sb]▶ dann gibt es \Mord und Totschlag (fam) there'll be hell to pay fam, all hell will be let loose fam* * *der; Mord[e]s, Morde murder (an + Dat. of); (durch ein Attentat) assassinationMord aus Eifersucht — (Schlagzeile) jealousy killing
dann gibt es Mord und Totschlag — (fig. ugs.) all hell is/will be let loose
* * *einen Mord begehen commit (a) murder;politischer Mord political murder ( oder assassination);wegen Mordes angeklagt werden be accused of (first-degree) murder;die Hinrichtung der Oppositionellen war Mord fig, pej the execution of the dissidents was tantamount to murder;das gibt Mord und Totschlag umg, fig all hell will be let loose;* * *der; Mord[e]s, Morde murder (an + Dat. of); (durch ein Attentat) assassinationMord aus Eifersucht — (Schlagzeile) jealousy killing
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19 Aberwitz
m madness, lunacy* * *Aber|witzm no pl (liter)utter or sheer foolishness* * *Aber·witz<- es>[ˈa:bɐvɪts]m sheer foolishness* * *Aberwitz m madness, lunacy -
20 pazzia
f folly, unreason, irrationality* * *pazzia s.f.1 madness, craziness, insanity, lunacy: in un accesso di pazzia, in a fit of madness (o in a frenzy); la pazzia è una malattia mentale, insanity is a mental disorder; avere un ramo di pazzia, to be a little crazy2 ( cosa insensata) madness; ( azione pazza) mad act, folly, foolish action; ( idea pazza) folly, foolish idea: è una pazzia uscire a quest'ora, it is sheer folly (o it is absolutely mad) to go out at this time; ho commesso una pazzia, I have done something foolish; sarebbe una pazzia lasciarlo fare, it would be madness to let him do it; spero non farai la pazzia di accettare, I hope you won't be so foolish as to accept; vuoi andare al Polo Nord, che pazzia!, you want to go the North Pole, what a crazy idea!; fare delle pazzie, to act like a fool (o to behave irrationally); avrei fatto pazzie per lei, I would have done everything for her.* * *[pat'tsia]sostantivo femminile madness, insanity, lunacy* * *pazzia/pat'tsia/sostantivo f.madness, insanity, lunacy; ho fatto la pazzia di accettare I was crazy enough to accept; sposarla è stata una pazzia! marrying her was (a) folly! fare -e to go mad.
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