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1 to be as bald as a coot
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2 bald
bo:ld1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) calvo2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) pelado3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) escueto, sencillo•- baldness- balding
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bald adj calvotr[bɔːld]1 calvo,-a2 (tyre) desgastado,-a3 (style) escueto,-a4 (statement) directo,-a, franco,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be as bald as a coot estar calvo,-a como una bola de billarto go bald quedarse calvo,-abald patch calvabald ['bɔld] adj1) : calvo, pelado, pelón2) plain: simple, purothe bald truth: la pura verdadadj.• calvo, -a adj.• desnudo, -a adj.• escueto, -a adj.• franco, -a adj.• pelado, -a adj.bɔːldadjective -er, -est1)a) < man> calvo, pelón (AmC, Méx), pelado (CS)he's bald — es calvo (or pelón etc)
to go bald — quedarse calvo (or pelón etc)
bald patch — calva f
2) ( plain)[bɔːld]1. ADJ(compar balder) (superl baldest)1) (=hairless) [person, head] calvo; (=shaven) peladobald patch — (on head) calva f, claro m ; (on animal) calva f
he can't spend much on the barber's, with that bald head of his — con lo calvo que está no puede gastar mucho en peluquería
- as bald as an egg or a coot2) (=worn) [tyre] desgastado, gastado; [lawn] peladobald patches on the lawn/carpet — calvas fpl en el césped/la alfombra
3) (=unadorned) [statement] directo, sin rodeos; [style] escueto2.CPDbald eagle N — águila f de cabeza blanca
* * *[bɔːld]adjective -er, -est1)a) < man> calvo, pelón (AmC, Méx), pelado (CS)he's bald — es calvo (or pelón etc)
to go bald — quedarse calvo (or pelón etc)
bald patch — calva f
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3 bald coot
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4 (as )bald as an egg or a coot
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5 (as )bald as an egg or a coot
См. также в других словарях:
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … The small dictionary of idiomes
bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
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Bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … Dictionary of English idioms
bald as a coot — totally bald … English contemporary dictionary
bald as a coot — Entirely bald … A concise dictionary of English slang
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(as) bald as a coot — idiom (BrE, informal) completely bald Main entry: ↑baldidiom … Useful english dictionary
as bald as a coot — Meaning Completely bald. Origin Coots are water birds whose white head colouring give them the appearance of baldness. ref: Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition … Meaning and origin of phrases
Coot — For other uses, see Coot (disambiguation). Coots Eurasian Coot Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
coot, you old — A friendly insult, comparing the person addressed (usually a man) to the water bird known as a coot, or more accurately, to one of the several birds loosely known by this name. One of them is bald, hence the proverbial ‘bald as a coot’. One is … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address