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1 drop someone or something like a hot potato
expr infmlWhen we learned of the conviction we dropped him like a hot potato — Когда мы узнали, что его осудили, мы поспешили от него отделаться
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > drop someone or something like a hot potato
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2 drop someone like a hot potato/coal
drop someone like a hot potato/coalEnglish-Dutch dictionary > drop someone like a hot potato/coal
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3 drop like a hot potato
поспешить избавиться от чего-л.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > drop like a hot potato
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4 drop like a hot potato
1) Общая лексика: бежать (от кого-л.) как от чумы, сбежать ( от кого-л.) как от чумы, бросить (кого-л.), отказаться (от кого-либо или чего-либо)2) Макаров: избавиться, поспешно избавиться, поспешно бросить, поспешно избавиться (от чего-л.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > drop like a hot potato
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5 drop something like a hot potato
Общая лексика: отказаться от чего-либо, отступиться от чего-либоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > drop something like a hot potato
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6 drop like a hot potato
поспешить избавиться от чего-либоАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > drop like a hot potato
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7 drop a thing like a hot potato
להיפטר מדבר במהירות הבזק; להיזהר ממשהו כמו מפני אש* * *◙ שא ינפמ ומכ והשממ רהזיהל ;קזבה תוריהמב רבדמ רטפיהל◄ -
8 drop like a hot potato
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9 drop something like a hot potato
◙ v. להיפטר מדבר במהירות הבזק; להיזהר ממשהו כמו מפני אש* * *◙ שא ינפמ ומכ והשממ רהזיהל ;קזבה תוריהמב רבדמ רטפיהל◄English-Hebrew dictionary > drop something like a hot potato
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10 drop a thing like a hot potato
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11 drop like a hot potato
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12 drop something like a hot potato
v. ergens snel van af komen; zeer goed oppassen, ontzettend voorzichtig zijn -
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14 drop a thing like a hot potato
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16 drop something like a hot potato
v. поспешить избавиться от, отказаться от, отступиться отНовый англо-русский словарь > drop something like a hot potato
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17 drop sb like a hot potato
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18 hot potato
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20 hot potato
subst. \/ˌhɒtpəˈteɪtəʊ\/ ( hverdagslig) varm potet, ømtålig situasjon, ømtålig sak, kinkig situasjon, kinkig sakdrop somebody like a hot potato dumpe noen (med en gang), avvise noen (med en gang)
См. также в других словарях:
like a hot potato — See drop him like a hot potato … English idioms
drop like a hot potato — If you drop someone or something like a hot potato, you leave them or immediately stop associating with them. As soon as the article was published, she dropped him like a hot potato … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drop someone or something like a hot potato — tv. to disassociate oneself with omeone or something instantly. □ When we learned of the conviction, we dropped him like a hot potato. □ I dropped the idea like a hot potato … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
drop him like a hot potato — leave him, not associate with him If she finds out you re not rich, she ll drop you like a hot potato … English idioms
drop someone like a hot potato — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… … New idioms dictionary
drop something like a hot potato — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… … New idioms dictionary
drop like a hot potato — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… … New idioms dictionary
hot potato — noun a difficult situation (Freq. 1) he dropped the topic like a hot potato • Hypernyms: ↑situation * * * noun, pl ⋯ toes [count] informal : an issue or question about which people have different opinions and feel very strongly He tried to avoid… … Useful english dictionary
hot potato — See drop him like a hot potato … English idioms
drop something like a hot potato — v. get rid of something as quick as lightning; beware of something like from fire, be extremely careful … English contemporary dictionary
drop a thing like a hot potato — let go of something quickly … English contemporary dictionary