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1 оказаться третьим лишним
General subject: play gooseberryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > оказаться третьим лишним
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2 сопровождать (девушку) в качестве дуэньи
General subject: play gooseberryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сопровождать (девушку) в качестве дуэньи
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3 сопровождать влюбленных для приличия
General subject: play gooseberryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сопровождать влюбленных для приличия
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4 сопровождать в качестве дуэньи
General subject: (девушку) play gooseberryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сопровождать в качестве дуэньи
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5 производить беспорядок
General subject: confuse, make havoc, mess, mess hall, messroom, racket, racquet, make havoc of, play havoc among, play havoc with, play old gooseberry, mess upУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > производить беспорядок
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6 испортить все дело
1) General subject: make a mess of things, make sad work of, play old gooseberry2) Jargon: gum up the works3) Makarov: make a sad mess of the affair, make sad work of ( smth.), make sad work of (smth.), to make a sad mess of the affairУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > испортить все дело
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7 преступление
1) General subject: crime, delinquency (несовершеннолетних), foul play, guilty act, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, misdoings, perpetration, villainy, wrongdoing2) Law: act of crime, actual criminal act, crime behaviour, criminal act, criminal conduct, criminal infraction, criminal violation, criminal wrong, culpable conduct, guilty conduct, offence, penal act, public offence, public wrong3) Psychology: wickedness4) Jargon: gooseberry lay, lemon (Not one lemon reported all night.), job5) Information technology: computer crime6) Ecology: offense7) Business: fact8) Security: transgression -
8 производить суматоху
General subject: play old gooseberryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > производить суматоху
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9 расстроить все дело
General subject: play old gooseberryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > расстроить все дело
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10 устроить беспорядок
General subject: make a hash (в чем-л. или из чего-л. - of), make a muddle (из чего-либо - of), play old gooseberry, set the heather on fire, make a mess (из чего-либо - of)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > устроить беспорядок
См. также в других словарях:
play gooseberry — play ˈgooseberry idiom (BrE) to be a third person with two people who have a romantic relationship and want to be alone together Main entry: ↑gooseberryidiom … Useful english dictionary
play gooseberry — be a gooseberry or play gooseberry British informal to be with two people who love each other and would prefer to be alone together … English dictionary
play gooseberry — vb British to be the unwanted third person present at a romantic assignation, as a chaper one, uninvited guest or unwitting intruder. The expression dates from the 19th century: in the language of par ents and children gooseberry then, as now,… … Contemporary slang
play gooseberry — British, humorous to be with two people who are having a romantic relationship and who would prefer to be alone. Yes, thank you, I d love to go to the cinema, if you two are sure you don t mind me playing gooseberry … New idioms dictionary
play gooseberry — Vrb phrs. To be an unwanted, extra person, usually in the company of a courting couple. See gooseberry … English slang and colloquialisms
gooseberry — [16] Probably, when all is said and done, gooseberry is simply a compound of goose and berry. But no one has ever been able to explain satisfactorily why the gooseberry should have been named after the goose, and there has been no lack of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gooseberry — [16] Probably, when all is said and done, gooseberry is simply a compound of goose and berry. But no one has ever been able to explain satisfactorily why the gooseberry should have been named after the goose, and there has been no lack of… … Word origins
gooseberry — the devil Not obsolete because the use survives in the expression play gooseberry, to play the devil with a courting couple by keeping them company when they would rather be left alone: Th match ther wur betwixt a tailor and owd… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
gooseberry — goose|ber|ry [ˈguzbəri, ˈgu:z , ˈgu:s US ˈgu:sberi] n plural gooseberries [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from goose + berry] 1.) a small round green fruit that grows on a bush and has a sour taste 2.) be a gooseberry also play gooseberry BrE… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gooseberry — [ˈgʊzb(ə)ri] noun [C] a small green fruit with a sour taste that grows on a bush • be a gooseberry; play gooseberry British informalto be with two people who have a sexual or romantic relationship and want to be alone together[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
gooseberry — n British See play gooseberry … Contemporary slang