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1 bite
1. past tense - bit; verb(to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) morder2. noun1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) mordidela2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) mordidela•- biting- bite the dust* * *[bait] n 1 bocado: pedaço cortado com os dentes. give me a bite / deixe dar uma dentada, dê-me algo para comer. 2 refeição ligeira. 3 mordedura, mordida, dentada. 4 ferida, ferroada, picada. 5 dor aguda. 6 aperto, ato de agarrar. 7 ação mordente de um ácido sobre metal. • vt (ps bit, pp bit, bitten) 1 morder, cortar com os dentes. the dog bit me in the arm, he bit my arm / o cachorro mordeu-me no braço, ele mordeu meu braço. 2 roer. 3 cortar, perfurar. 4 ferir com os dentes, picar, ferroar. 5 abocar, abocanhar, morder repentinamente. 6 causar dor aguda a. 7 agarrar-se a, pegar em. 8 morder a isca, ser pego (o peixe, e também figurativo). 9 trapacear, iludir. 10 corroer, atacar (ácido). it bit in / corroeu. 11 impressionar profundamente. be bitten with ser apaixonado por (alguma coisa). bite one’s lips controlar-se. it bit into cortou em. once bitten, twice shy gato escaldado tem medo de água fria. to be bitten a) ser mordido. b) ser enganado. to bite off more than one can chew coll assumir encargos superiores às suas forças. to bite the dust ser vencido, cair morto. to bite the hand that feeds cuspir no prato em que comeu. to bite the tongue guardar segredo. -
2 feed
[fi:d] 1. past tense, past participle - fed; verb1) (to give food to: He fed the child with a spoon.) alimentar2) ((with on) to eat: Cows feed on grass.) alimentar-se2. noun(food especially for a baby or animals: Have you given the baby his feed?; cattle feed.) comida- fed up* * *[fi:d] n 1 alimento, pasto, forragem. 2 alimentação, nutrição. 3 coll comida, refeição, ração, sustento. 4 Mech alimentação, avanço, mecanismo alimentador. 5 suprimento. 6 carga de arma de fogo. • vt+vi (ps e pp fed) 1 alimentar, nutrir, dar de comer a, comer. they fed me with promises / eles embalaram-me com vãs promessas. 2 sustentar, dar sustento a, manter. 3 pastar, fazer pastar o gado, apascentar(-se) o gado. 4 engordar, fazer-se gordo, cevar. 5 Mech alimentar. 6 suprir, abastecer. 7 distribuir (forragem). 8 deleitar, apascentar. I fed my eyes on / regalei os meus olhos com. 9 nutrir, satisfazer (desejo, inclinação, etc.). 10 nutrir, inspirar, instigar. 11 viver, nutrir-se. 12 Comp alimentar: suprir o material a ser operado por um computador. a mouth to feed boca para alimentar. chicken feed sl mixaria, pouco dinheiro. off one’s feed sem apetite. to bite the hands that feeds ser mal-agradecido. to feed a machine alimentar uma máquina. to feed high comer regaladamente. to feed out of someone’s hand comer pela mão de alguém. to feed up cevar, empachar.
См. также в других словарях:
bite the hand that feeds one — {v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. * /He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — {v. phr.} To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. * /He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — ► bite the hand that feeds one deliberately hurt or offend a benefactor. Main Entry: ↑bite … English terms dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — phrasal : to injure a benefactor maliciously * * * bite the hand that feeds one To show ingratitude, often with the likely result of losing the help one is receiving • • • Main Entry: ↑bite * * * deliberately hurt or offend a benefactor … Useful english dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — verb To cause harm to a benefactor. And the reality is, for all the talk about lobbying reform, Congress has never been known to bite the hand that feeds it … Wiktionary
bite\ the\ hand\ that\ feeds\ one — v. phr. To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong. He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer … Словарь американских идиом
bite the hand that feeds you — be unkind to the one who cares for you or pays you If you criticize your employer, you bite the hand that feeds you … English idioms
bite the hand that feeds one — deliberately harm or offend a benefactor. → bite … English new terms dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — v. disrespect the person who cares for one, maltreat someone who provides for one … English contemporary dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — phrasal to injure a benefactor maliciously … New Collegiate Dictionary
bite the hand that feeds one — idi to repay kindness with malice or injury … From formal English to slang
