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1 no great shakes
(not very good or important: He has written a book, but it's no great shakes.) ne biti kaj prida -
2 great
[ɡreit]1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) velik2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) velik3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) velik4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) imeniten5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) spreten•- greatly- greatness* * *I [greit]adjectivevelik, precejšen; dolg; figuratively ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-; archaic noseča; (at, in) spreten, mojstrski, sposoben; familiarly sijajen, kolosalento be great at s.th. — odlikovati se v čemastronomy Great(er) Bear — Veliki vozgreat dozen — 1ʌarchaic great with child — nosečagreat go — diplomski izpit za B.A.to go a great way with s.o. — imeti velik vpliv na kogagreat gun — vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"colloquially great big — strašno velik, neznanskigreat Scott! — zaboga!great dane zoology dogagreat many — mnogi, številnino great matter — nepomembno, malenkostgreat little man — majhen, a pomemben človekcolloquially great on — navdušen zano great shakes — ne posebno dober; nič posebnegaII [greit]nouncelota; pomembnost, vzvišenost, veličastnost; plural končni izpit za B.A. v Oxforduthe great — velika gospoda, imenitnikigreat and small — veliki in majhni, bogataši in siromakiIII [greit]adverbveliko, močno, zelo -
3 shake
[ʃeik] 1. past tense - shook; verb1) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) (za)tresti (se)2) (to shock, disturb or weaken: He was shaken by the accident; My confidence in him has been shaken.) pretresti; omajati2. noun1) (an act of shaking: He gave the bottle a shake.) tresenje2) (drink made by shaking the ingredients together vigorously: a chocolate milk-shake.) napitek•- shaking- shaky
- shakily
- shakiness
- shake-up
- no great shakes
- shake one's fist at
- shake one's head
- shake off
- shake up* * *I [šéik]nounstresljaj, tresenje, drhtenje, pretresi, (o)majanje; zmajanje (z glavo), odkimavanje; stisk roke, rokovanje; udarec; colloquially trenutek; music triler, gostolevek, drhtavo petjein a shake — v hipu, kot bi trenilin two shakes of a lamb's tail — v hipu, zelo hitrothe shakes — tresavica, drhtavica, mrzlicato be no great shakes colloquially ne biti posebno koristen ali vredento give s.o. the shake slang otresti se, znebiti se kogaII [šéik]1.transitive verbtresti, stresati, pretresti, (za)vihteti, zamahniti; (o)majati, figuratively oslabiti; American stresti roko, rokovati se; (po)kimati (z glavo); American mešati (karte);2.intransitive verbstresti se, tresti se, drhteti, drgetati, trepetati ( with od); (o)majati se; music izvajati trilerje, gostolevkeshake! American sezimo si v roke! pobotajmo se!quite shaken — potrt, pobit, pretresen, presunjento shake one's ears figuratively zdramiti se; opomoči sito shake one's fists in s.o.'s face — pretiti komu s pestjo, požugati komu s pestjoto shake hands with s.o. — rokovati se s komto shake one's elbow (the elbow) slang kockatito shake s.o. by the hand — stresti komu roko, rokovati se s komto shake a leg slang plesati; hitetihe was much shaken by (with, at) the news — novica ga je zelo pretreslato shake in one's shoes slang tresti se po vsem telesu, drgetati od strahuto shake a stick at s.o. — groziti komu s palicoto shake s.o. out of his sleep — stresti, zdramiti koga iz spanja
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great shakes — ● shake … Useful english dictionary
great shakes — See no great shakes … English idioms
no great shakes — (informal) NOT VERY GOOD, unexceptional, unmemorable, forgettable, uninspired, uninteresting, indifferent, unimpressive, lacklustre; informal nothing to write home about, nothing special, not up to much. → shake * * * no great shakes (informal)… … Useful english dictionary
no great shakes — {adj.}, {informal} Mediocre; unimportant. * /Joe Wilson is no great shakes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
no great shakes — {adj.}, {informal} Mediocre; unimportant. * /Joe Wilson is no great shakes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
No great shakes — Shake Shake, n. 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. [1913 Webster] The great soldier s honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
no great shakes — If someone is no great shakes at something, they are not very good at it. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say that someone or something is no great shakes means that they are useless, ineffective or not very good. He s a good… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
no great shakes — If someone is no great shakes at something, they are not very good at it … The small dictionary of idiomes
no great shakes — phr. someone or something not very good. (There is no affirmative version of this.) □ Your idea is no great shakes, but we’ll try it anyway. □ Ted is no great shakes when it comes to brains … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
no great shakes — adjective Unexceptional; not special or noteworthy; not very effective. Youre welcome to stay here, but this hut aint no great shakes for such as you … Wiktionary
no\ great\ shakes — adj informal Mediocre; unimportant. Joe Wilson is no great shakes … Словарь американских идиом