niti enega strela niso dali

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strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci; sport met, udarec, strel; sport krogla; strelec; colloquially fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj; figuratively poskus; poteza v igri; colloquially ugibanje; technical razstrelitev; slang vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila); colloquially kozarček, požirek ( of gin brinovca)

at a shot — s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom

a shot at the goal — strel (met) na gól

a shot in the locker — še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figuratively colloquially denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva

like a shot colloquially kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj

by a long shot slang daleč; zelo

not by a long shot — še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne

at the third shot — pri tretjem poskusu

out of shot — zunaj streljaja ali dometa

within shot — v dometu

within ear-shot — dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju

a shot of cocaine — vbrizg kokaina

shot of distress — alarmni strel v sili

bow shot — strel iz loka

a crack shot, a dead shot — mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši

flying shot — strel na premičen cilj

hail of shots — toča strelov (krogel)

random shot — na slepo dan strel (figuratively opazka); figuratively ugibanje

he is an excellent shot — on je odličen strelec

he is no shot — on ne zna streljati

he is a poor shot at solving problems — on slabo rešuje probleme

he was (he went) off like a shot — kot strela je šinil proč

to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figuratively pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči

I would do it like a shot — jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja

he got several shot(s) in the leg — dobil je več šiber v nogo

they did not fire a single shot — niti enega strela niso dali

to have a shot at — streljati na, figuratively poskusiti

not to have a shot in the locker — biti brez streliva, figuratively biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)

you have made a bad shot — zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se

to put the shot sport suniti kroglo;

nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

zapitek, zapitnina, del računa (plačila), ki pripade posamezniku; račun v gostilni

shot-free — brezplačno, ne da bi kaj morali plačati, ne da bi kaj plačali

to pay one's shot — plačati svoj zapitek

to stand shot for s.o. — plačati zapitek za koga

preterite & past participle od to shoot;

adjective (= shot through) prepleten, pretkan; pisan (z raznobarvnani nitmi); spreminjajoč barvo; (o orožju) izstreljen; botany vzbrstel; slang nadelan, pijan, kaput

shot silk — svila prelivajočih se barv