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lame+duck

  • 1 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) potopiti (se)
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) skloniti se, skriti se
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) raca
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) raca
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) ničla (pri kriketu)
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    I [dʌk]
    noun
    zoology raca; amfibijsko vozilo; colloquially srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba; American military našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid; colloquially nič, ničla (kriket)
    a lame duck — dolžnik; invalid
    like a duck in a thunderstorm — potrt, otožen; zgubljen
    to play ( —ali make) ducks and drakes — metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljati
    like water off a duck's back — brez učinka, kot bob ob steno
    colloquially a duck of a — očarljiv
    (to take to s.th.) like a duck to water — (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanja
    duck's egg sport nič, nobena točka (kriket)
    II [dʌk]
    intransitive verb & transitive verb
    počeniti, počepati; hitro glavo skloniti, ukloniti se; potapljati, potopiti (se); race loviti
    colloquially prikloniti se; slang to duck out — popihati jo
    III [dʌk]
    noun
    nagla sklonitev, počep, potopitev
    IV [dʌk]
    noun
    vrsta surovega platna; plural hlače iz takega blaga
    V [dʌk]
    noun
    colloquially izkrcevalni čoln za amfibije

    English-Slovenian dictionary > duck

  • 2 lame

    [leim] 1. adjective
    1) (unable to walk properly: He was lame for weeks after his fall.) šepav
    2) (not satisfactory; unacceptable: a lame excuse.) nezadovoljiv
    2. verb
    (to make unable to walk properly: He was lamed by a bullet in the ankle.) ohromiti
    - lameness
    * * *
    I [leim]
    adjective ( lamely adverb)
    hrom, šepav
    figuratively slab, nezadovoljiv (izgovor), neprepričljiv, šepav (verz); British English a lame duck — plačila nezmožen dolžnik; American poslanec, ki ni ponovno izvoljen; onesposobljena ladja; hromec, šepavec
    II [leim]
    transitive verb
    ohromiti, onesposobiti
    III [leirn]
    noun
    tenka kovinska ploščica

    English-Slovenian dictionary > lame

См. также в других словарях:

  • lame duck — ˌlame ˈduck noun [countable] informal 1. a politician or a government that no longer has any real power or authority: • A bad defeat for his party in October risks making him a lame duck for the remaining two years of his presidency. 2. COMMERCE… …   Financial and business terms

  • lame duck — {n.}, {informal} An elected public official who has been either defeated in a new election or whose term cannot be renewed, but who has a short period of time left in office during which he can still perform certain duties, though with somewhat… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lame duck — {n.}, {informal} An elected public official who has been either defeated in a new election or whose term cannot be renewed, but who has a short period of time left in office during which he can still perform certain duties, though with somewhat… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Lame duck — can refer to:* Lame duck (politics), an elected official who has lost political power * Lame duck (game design), a player in a game who cannot win, yet remains in the game. * Lame duck (tango), a position in tango * Lame Ducks (TV series), a… …   Wikipedia

  • lame duck — lame ducks 1) N COUNT: oft N n (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as a lame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot. Look, I m not one of your lame ducks... It is not proper to… …   English dictionary

  • Lame duck — Duck Duck, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[ae]}, family {Anatid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lame duck — n. A public official still in office after the election but before the inauguration of his or her successor. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. lame duck …   Law dictionary

  • lame´-duck´ — lame duck, 1. U.S. a public official, especially a Congressman, who has been defeated for reelection and is serving the last part of his term: »Like a lame duck President, a Prime Minister who is known to be on the way out cannot command… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lame duck — Lame Lame (l[=a]m), a. [Compar. {Lamer} (l[=a]m [ e]r); superl. {Lamest}.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm, OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lame-duck — adjective only before noun a lame duck leader or LEGISLATOR is one that is not powerful: a lame duck president …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lame duck — 1761, any disabled person or thing; especially Stock Exchange slang for defaulter. A lame duck is a man who cannot pay his differences, and is said to waddle off. [Thomas Love Peacock, Gryll Grange, 1861] Sometimes also in naval use for an old,… …   Etymology dictionary

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