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1 like a scalded cat
1) ≈ как угорелая кошка, сломя головуAt the sound of the farmer's voice the young rogue leapt over the fence and was down the roadway like a scalded cat. (ECI) — Услышав голос фермера, негодный мальчишка перескочил через забор и сломя голову помчался по дороге.
2) ≈ истошным голосомBut why should you squall like a scalded cat? You've said often enough that you didn't mind what people said about you. (M. Mitchell, ‘Gone with the Wind’, ch. XLVII) — Нечего реветь белугой. Вы же не раз говорили: вам безразлично, что о вас люди думают.
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2 like a scalded cat
adv infmlShe's been running around like a scalded cat making preparations for her visitors — Она бегала как угорелая, готовясь к приходу гостей
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > like a scalded cat
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3 like a scalded cat
paзг.кaк угopeлaя кoшкa, кaк oшпapeнный, cлoмя гoлoвуAt the sound of the fanner's voice the young rogue leapt over the fence and was down the roadway like a scalded cat -
4 like a scalded cat
Общая лексика: как ошпаренный, как угорелый -
5 run around like a scalded cat
Общая лексика: носиться как угорелыйУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > run around like a scalded cat
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6 cat
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7 кошка
I жен.;
зоол. cat европейская дикая кошка ≈ catamount сибирская кошка ≈ Persian cat бесхвостая кошка ≈ (разновидность домашней кошки) Manx cat жить как кошка с собакой ≈ to quarrel like cats and dogs как угорелая кошка ≈ разг. like a singed/scalded cat между ними кошка пробежала ≈ разг. something came between them кошки скребут на душе ≈ разг. there's a gnawing in one's heart ночью все кошки серы ≈ all cats are grey in the dark II жен.;
тех.
1) grapnel, drag
2) (для лазания на столбы) climbing-irons мн.кошк|а - ж.
1. cat;
2. тех. grapnel;
3. (плеть) cat-o`-nine-tails;
жить как ~ с собакой live a cat-and-dog life;
между ними пробежала чёрная ~ they have fallen out;
у него на сердце ~и скребут he is sick at heart.
См. также в других словарях:
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