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  • 1 cabestro

    (Sp. model spelled same [kabéstro] < Latin capistrum 'halter')
       1) DARE: 1805. Originally a halter or tether made of a hair rope. Watts notes that its original meaning was broadened to refer to any hair rope, or even to a reata, which is generally a rope made of rawhide. This last application is not widespread, however, and can be confusing, since cabestro is often used to distinguish a rope made of hair from one made of rawhide or leather. The DRAE defines cabestro as a halter that is tied to the head or neck of a horse to lead or secure it. Islas's definition differs from the DRAE's in that the horsehair cabestro need not be attached to a halter. According to Islas, it is the term most commonly used in Mexico to refer to a twisted horsehair rope used to restrain, lead, or train a horse. Its length is variable—it may be some sixteen feet long and serve as a halter, or about twenty feet long and function as a double-rein, or from twenty-six to thirty-three feet long and serve as a "false rein" (or halter and headstall used when breaking a horse). The thickness of the cabestro or cabresto also varies, depending on the function of the rope. Santamaría concurs with Islas, noting that cabresto is so common in Mexico that cabestro sounds strange to the ear. He cites Salvá as saying that cabresto is an antiquated form that appears in writing in the sixteenth century. (Linguistically, the fact that the /r/ appears to move from one syllable to the next and forms a consonant cluster with /b/ or /t/ is known as metathesis. Such variation is common in popularly transmitted forms and is evidenced in the history of both Spanish and English.) Cobos indicates that in New Mexico and southern Colorado cabresto can refer to a rope in general.
        Alternate forms: cabarista, cabaros, caberes, caberos, caboras, caboris, cabras, cabrass, cabressa, cabresse, cabresta, cabresto, cabris, cavraces.
       2) According to Smith, cabestro can also refer to "one who might be led around by the nose." Spanish sources do not reference this term as a noun that can be applied to a person. However, the DRAE references cabestrear and Santamaría references cabrestear as verbs meaning to lead an animal around with a cabestro or cabresto. Santamaría indicates that the verb form can be used figuratively to lead a person "by the nose" or to coerce him or her to do something against his or her will. According to the DRAE, llevar/ traer del cabestro a alguien has the same figurative meaning in Spain.

    Vocabulario Vaquero > cabestro

  • 2 उपचर् _upacar

    उपचर् 1 P.
    1 (a) To serve, wait or attend upon; गिरिशमुपचचार Ku.1.6; निमित्तज्ञान् K.64; Ms.3.193, 4.254; सममुपचर भद्रे सुप्रियं चाप्रियं च Mk.1.31; K.326. (b) To honour, worship; प्रतिमाः पूजासत्कारेणोपचर्यन्ते K.4,323; V.3.
    -2 To treat, deal with, act towards; entertain; मित्रत्वेन उपचरितस्य Dk.71 treated as a friend; भोजनादिना मामुपाचरत् 77,117; तां प्रियसखीमिवोपाचरत् 134; उपाचरत् कृत्रिमसंविधाभिः R.14.17 honoured or entertained; 5.62; स्थाने इयं देवीशब्देनोपचर्यते V.3. honoured with the title of queen. तत्रभवन्तो युवत्वेनोपचर्यमाणाः प्रीता भवन्ति Mbh. IV.1.163.
    -3 To attend on (as a patient), treat, tend, nurse; यत्नादुपचर्यताम् Ś.3; मन्त्रवादिभिरुपचर्यमाणः Pt.1.
    -4 To approach, go towards.
    -5 To undertake, begin (mostly Vedic in these senses). -pass. To be used figuratively or metaphorically, be applied figuratively to any one (with loc.); तस्माच्चेतनवदुपचर्यते Ś. B.; पर एवात्मा बालैः शारीर इत्युपचर्यते ibid; कालो$यं द्विपरार्धाख्यो निमेष उपचर्यते Bhāg.; भुक्ता ब्राह्मणा इत्यत्र अन्नस्य भुक्तत्वं ब्राह्मणेषूपचर्यते Malli. on Ki.1.1.; Bṛi. S.5.15; प्रत्यासत्त्या उपचर्य योज्यते K. P.

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  • 3 cinch

    ( cincha [síntfa] < Latin cingulam 'belts; girdles')
       Noun forms:
       1) Colorado: 1859. The saddle girth or strap used to hold a saddle on an animal. It is generally made of braided horsehair, leather, canvas, or cordage, and has a metal ring on either end.
        Alternate forms: cincha, cinche, cincher, cincho, sinche.
       2) New York: 1888. A sure bet; an easy thing.
        Alternate forms: cincha, cincho, sinch.
       3) DARE: 1889. A four-player card game also known as Double Pedro or High Five.
        Verb forms:
       4) DARE: 1871. To tighten the strap on a saddle; to secure the saddle on a horse's back.
        Alternate form: cinch up (Adams says that cinch up is the proper term and that cinch alone was never used in Old West).
       5) California: 1968. To secure or fasten something.
       6) Nebraska: 1905. To secure a deal, to make certain.
        Alternate form: cinch up.
       7) California: 1875. According to the DARE, "to squeeze into a small place." This was also used figuratively. For instance, a person caught committing a dishonest act was cinched. Spanish sources reference only the first of the above definitions. The rest are extensions. The DRAE glosses cincha as a band made of hemp, wool, horsehair, leather, or esparto grass with which one secures the saddle on an animal. It fits behind the front legs or under the belly of the horse and is tightened with one or more buckles. Santamaría and Islas give similar definitions to that found in the DRAE, but they indicate that in Mexico the term is commonly spelled cincho.
       A broken cinch strap or a figurative expression for any failed venture.
       Washington: 1916. According to Watts and Adams, a horse that bucks and falls backward when the cinch on its saddle is pulled too tightly.
        cinch hook
       Blevins glosses this term as a hook on a spur that attaches to the cinch to prevent an animal from throwing its rider.
        cinch ring
       The ring on a cinch, according to Blevins.
       As Clark notes, this term refers to the two straps on a western-style saddle; one in the front and the other at the rear.
       Carlisle: 1912. According to Carlisle, a saddle strap that fits "between the ribs and the hips of the horse."
        hind cinch
       Carlisle: 1930. The rear strap on a western saddle.
        OED: 1898. A sure thing; something that is easy. Hendrickson suggests that the term comes from a combination of cinch ( See 2) and a reference to the underworld where criminals used lead pipes as weapons because they were a surefire way to dispose of their victims. He goes on to say the lead pipes were easy to get rid of if the criminals were approached by police. His etymology is unsupported by other English sources consulted, and appears fanciful, to say the least. Also referenced in the OED as "a complete certainty."

    Vocabulario Vaquero > cinch

  • 4 Bleu

       the colour blue. The word can cause confusion for non-native speakers, as it is used figuratively to refer to several completely different things. a) Blue cheese (see Bleu d'Auvergne below), b) a bruise, and c) work overalls. Les Bleus is the nickname used to refer to the French national team in a number of sports, notably football. Un bleu, in printing, is a monochrome printer's proof.

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  • 5 авралить

    1) General subject: work in panic mode

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > авралить

  • 6 мечта

    2) Colloquial: wet dream (used figuratively for an appealing, ideal thing or state of affairs)
    3) Poetical language: falchion
    5) Rare: vow
    6) Psychology: day-dream

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > мечта

  • 7 образное употребление

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > образное употребление

  • 8 П-60

    НА ВСЕХ ПАРАХ PrepP Invar adv
    1. \П-60 идти, мчаться и т. п. (of a train, ship etc) (to go, race) at full capacity
    under a full head of steam
    at full steam full steam (speed) ahead (of a ship or boat) under full sail.
    ...(Коля) предложил, что он, ночью, когда придёт одиннадцатичасовой поезд, ляжет между рельсами ничком и пролежит недвижно, пока поезд пронесётся над ним на всех парах (Достоевский 1).... (Kolya) offered to lie face down between the rails that night when the eleven o'clock train came, and to lie there without moving while the train passed over him at full steam(1a)
    2. - лететь, мчаться, нестись и т.п. (куда) coll.
    Also: НА ВСЕХ ПАРУС АХ (to race, run toward some place or, when used figuratively, advance toward some goal) with great speed, with the utmost effort: under full sail at full (top) speed at full throttle full speed ahead.
    Главное то, что у меня объявился свой капитал, а потому и пустился я жить в своё удовольствие, со всем юным стремлением, без удержу, поплыл на всех парусах (Достоевский 1). The chief thing was that I had come into my own money, and with that I threw myself into a life of pleasure, with all the impetuous-ness of youth, without restraint, under full sail (1a).
    3. coll. Also: НА ВСЕХ ПАРУСАХ (to do sth.) very quickly
    on the double
    in short order posthaste.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-60

  • 9 на всех парах

    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    1. на всех парах идти, мчаться и т.п. (of a train, ship etc) (to go, race) at full capacity:
    - [of a ship or boat] under full sail.
         ♦...[Коля] предложил, что он, ночью, когда придёт одиннадцатичасовой поезд, ляжет между рельсами ничком и пролежит недвижно, пока поезд пронесётся над ним на всех парах (Достоевский 1).... [Kolya] offered to lie face down between the rails that night when the eleven o'clock train came, and to lie there without moving while the train passed over him at full steam (1a)
    2. на всех парах лететь, мчаться, нестись и т.п. (куда) coll. Also: НА ВСЕХ ПАРУСАХ( to race, run toward some place or, when used figuratively, advance toward some goal) with great speed, with the utmost effort:
    - full speed ahead.
         ♦ Главное то, что у меня объявился свой капитал, а потому и пустился я жить в своё удовольствие, со всем юным стремлением, без удержу, поплыл на всех парусах (Достоевский 1). The chief thing was that I had come into my own money, and with that I threw myself into a life of pleasure, with all the impetuousness of youth, without restraint, under full sail (1a).
    3. coll. Also: НА ВСЕХ ПАРУСАХ( to do sth.) very quickly:
    - posthaste.

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  • 10 на всех парусах

    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    1. на всех парусах идти, мчаться и т.п. (of a train, ship etc) (to go, race) at full capacity:
    - [of a ship or boat] under full sail.
         ♦...[Коля] предложил, что он, ночью, когда придёт одиннадцатичасовой поезд, ляжет между рельсами ничком и пролежит недвижно, пока поезд пронесётся над ним на всех парах (Достоевский 1).... [Kolya] offered to lie face down between the rails that night when the eleven o'clock train came, and to lie there without moving while the train passed over him at full steam (1a)
    2. на всех парусах лететь, мчаться, нестись и т.п. (куда) coll. Also: НА ВСЕХ ПАРУСАХ (to race, run toward some place or, when used figuratively, advance toward some goal) with great speed, with the utmost effort:
    - full speed ahead.
         ♦ Главное то, что у меня объявился свой капитал, а потому и пустился я жить в своё удовольствие, со всем юным стремлением, без удержу, поплыл на всех парусах (Достоевский 1). The chief thing was that I had come into my own money, and with that I threw myself into a life of pleasure, with all the impetuousness of youth, without restraint, under full sail (1a).
    3. coll. Also: НА ВСЕХ ПАРУСАХ (to do sth.) very quickly:
    - posthaste.

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  • 11 अर्गलः _argalḥ _ला _lā _ली _lī _लम् _lam

    अर्गलः ला ली लम् [अर्ज कलच् न्यङ्क्वादि˚ कुत्वम् Tv.]
    1 A wooden bolt, pin, bar &c. (for fastening a door or the cover of a vessel), a bolt, latch, bar; पुरार्गलादीर्घभुजो वुभोज R.18.4;16.6; अनायतार्गलम् Mk.2; ससंभ्र- मेन्द्रद्रुतपातितार्गला निमीलिताक्षीव भिया$मरावती K. P.1; दत्तं च बहिरर्गलम् Ks.4.62 bolted from without; oft. used figuratively in the sense of a bar, impediment, some- thing intervening as an obstruction; वाक्यार्गलया निवारिताः Pt.2; Śi.2.118; ईप्सितं तदवज्ञानाद्विद्धि सार्गलमात्मनः R.1. 79 obstructed; वार्यर्गलाभङ्ग इव प्रवृत्तः 5.45; कण्ठे केवलमर्गलेव निहिता जीवस्य निर्गच्छतः K. P.8; see अनर्गल also.
    -2 A wave or billow.
    -3 The leaf of a door (कपाटम्).
    -4 A kind of 'stotra' or hymn.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > अर्गलः _argalḥ _ला _lā _ली _lī _लम् _lam

  • 12 अवशेषः _avaśēṣḥ

    अवशेषः 1 Remnant, rest, leavings, remainder; रक्षसामवशेषेण, अह्नः, पुण्यानाम्, बलं तदवशेषं तु नाशयामास वानरः Rām.5.46.38; वृत्तान्त˚ M.5 the rest of the story; in this sense usually in comp.; अर्धम् having only one half left; कथा˚ or नाम˚ one who survives only in narration or name, having only the tale or name left behind; used figuratively for dead; see the words s. v., भस्म˚ remaining only in ashes, reduced to ashes; भस्मावशेषः कथमेवमुष्णः Ś.3.3; भस्मावशेषं मदनं चकार reduced to ashes Ku.3.72, Śi.1.16; सावशेषमिव भट्टिन्या वचनम् M.4 unfinished; सावशेषो विषवेगः ibid. still remaining; शीर्षावशेषीकृतः Bh.2.34; Ratn.2.2; R.2.69; शृणु मे सावशेषं वचः Ś.2 hear me out, let me finish my speech; अल्पावशेषायुः K.46 having a short span of life; see निरवशेष also.

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  • 13 खः _khḥ

    खः The sun.
    -खम् 1 The sky; खं केशवो$पर इवाक्रमितुं प्रवृत्तः Mk.5.2; यावद्गिरः खे मरुतां चरन्ति Ku.3.72; Me.9.
    -2 Heaven.
    -3 Organ of sense; पराञ्चि खानि व्यतृणत्स्वयंभूस्तमात्पराङ् पश्यति नान्तरात्मन् Kaṭh.2.1.1.
    -4 A city.
    -5 A field.
    -6 A cypher.
    -7 A dot, an anusvāra.
    -8 A cavity, an aperture, hollow, hole; नश्यतीषुर्यथा विद्धः खे विद्धमनुविध्यतः Ms.9.43.
    -9 An aperture of the human body; (of which there are 9, i. e. the mouth, the two ears, the two eyes, the two nostrils, and the organs of excretion and generation); खानि चैव स्पृशेदद्भिः Ms.2.6,53;4.144; Y.1.2; cf. Ku.3.5.
    -1 A wound.
    -11 Happiness, pleasure.
    -12 Tale.
    -13 Action.
    -14 Knowledge.
    -15 Brahman.
    -16 The glottis (in anatomy).
    -17 The tenth mansion from any given constellation or the sun's entrance into it.
    -खा 1 A well, fountain.
    -2 A river.
    -3 Pārvatī.
    -4 The earth.
    -5 Lakṣmi.
    -6 The speech; cf. खोमा क्ष्मा कमला च गीः Enm.
    -Comp. -अटः (खे$टः)
    1 a planet.
    -2 Rāhu, the ascending node.
    -आपगा an epithet of the Ganges.
    -उल्कः, -खोल्कः 1 a meteor.
    -2 a planet.
    -3 N. of the sun. ˚आदित्यः a form of the sun.
    -उल्मुकः the planet Mars.
    -कामिनी N. of Durgā.
    -कुन्तलः N. of Śiva.
    -ग a. [खे आकाशे गच्छति गम्-ड] moving in the air; आरुह्यतामयं शीघ्रं खगो रत्नविभूषितः Rām.3.42.7.
    (-गः) 1 a bird; अधुनीत खगः स नैकधा तनुम् N.2.2; Ms.12.63.
    -2 air, wind; तमांसीव यथा सूर्यो वृक्षानग्निर्घनान्खगः Mb.
    -3 the sun.
    -4 a planet; e. g. आपोक्लिमे यदि खगाः स किलेन्दुवारः Tv.
    -5 a grass-hopper.
    -6 a deity.
    -7 an arrow; आशीविषाभान् खगमान् प्रमुञ्चन् Mb.8.67.2. ˚अधिपः an epi- thet of Garuḍa; हर्षयन्विबुधानीकमारुरोह खगाधिपम् Bhāg.8. 4.26. ˚अन्तकः a hawk, falcon. ˚अभिरामः an epithet of Śiva. ˚आसनः
    1 the eastern mountain on which the sun rises.
    -2 an epithet of Viṣṇu. ˚इन्द्रः, ˚ईश्वरः, ˚पतिः epi- thets of Garuḍa ज्ञानेन वैयासकिशद्वितेन भेजे खगेन्द्रध्वजपादमूलम् Bhāg. ˚वती f. the earth. ˚स्थानम्
    1 the hollow of a tree.
    -2 a bird's nest.
    -गङ्गा celestial Gaṅgā.
    -गतिः f.
    1 flight in the air.
    -2 the motion of a planet.
    -3 a metre of 4 x 16 syllables.
    -गम a. moving in the air, flying (as the Gandharvas or missile weapons). (
    -मः) a bird.
    -(खे)गमनः a kind of gallinule.
    -गुण a. having a cypher as a multiplier.
    -गोलः the celestial sphere. ˚विद्या astronomy.
    -चमसः the moon.
    -चर a. flying, moving in the air. (
    -रः) or
    खेचरः 1 a bird.
    -2 a cloud.
    -3 the sun.
    -4 the wind.
    -5 a demon.
    -6 an aerial spirit.
    -7 a Gandharva or Vidyādhara खचरनगरकल्पं कल्पितं शास्त्रदृष्ट्या Mb.7.7.54; दिव्यस्रग्वस्त्रसन्नाहाः कलत्रैः खेचरा इव Bhāg.1.82.9.
    -8 a planet. (hence the number 'nine').
    -9 mercury or quicksilver.
    -1 a sign of the zodiac. (
    -री i. e.
    खेचरी)
    1 a semi-divine female able to fly.
    -2 an epithet of Durgā.
    -3 The magical power of flying (सिद्धि); एवं सखीभिरुक्ताहं खेचरी- सिद्धिलोलुभा Ks.2.15.
    -4 a particular मुद्रा or position of fingers.
    -चारिन् a. moving in the air. (-m.) an epithet of Skanda.
    -जलम् 'sky-water', dew, rain, frost &c.
    -ज्योतिस् m. a firefly.
    -तमालः 1 a cloud.
    -2 smoke.
    -तिलकः the sun,
    -द्योतः 1 a firefly; खद्योतालीविलसितनिभां विद्युदुन्मेषदृष्टिम् Me.83.
    -2 the sun.
    -द्योतनः the sun.
    -धूपः a rocket; मुमुचुः खधूपान् Bk.3.5.
    -परागः darkness.
    -पुष्पम् 'sky-flower', used figuratively to denote anything impossible, an impossibility; cf. the four impossibilities stated in this verse:-- मृगतृष्णाम्भसि स्नातः शशशृङ्गधनुर्धरः । एष वन्ध्यासुतो याति खपुष्पकृतशेखरः Subhāṣ.
    -बाष्पः dew, frost.
    -भ्रमः a planet.
    -भ्रान्तिः a falcon.
    -मणिः 'the jewel of the sky', the sun.
    -मीलनम् sleepiness, lassitude.
    -मूर्तिः an epithet of Śiva; a celestial body or person; Ms.2.82.
    -वारि n. rain-water, dew &c.
    -बाष्पः snow, hoar-frost.
    -शय (also खेशय) a. resting or dwelling in the air.
    -शरीरम् a celestial body.
    -श्वासः wind, air.
    -समुत्थ, -संभव a. produced in the sky, ethereal.
    -सिन्धुः the moon.
    -सूचि See under that word.
    -स्तनी the earth.
    -स्फटिकम् the sun or moon gem.
    -हर a. having a cypher for its denominator.

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  • 14 दीप्त _dīpta

    दीप्त p. p. [दीप्-क्त]
    1 Lighted, inflamed, kindled; यथा सुदीप्तात्पावकाद्विस्फुलिङ्गाः सहस्रशः प्रभवन्ते सरूपाः Muṇḍ.2.1.1.
    -2 Glowing, hot, flashing, radiant.
    -3 Illuminated.
    -4 Excited, stimulated.
    -5 Luminous, bright; ततः शकुनयो दीप्ता मृगाश्च क्रूरभाषिणः । दीप्तायां दिशि भाषन्तो भयमावेद- यन्ति मे ॥ Hariv.
    -6 Heated by the sun, exposed to sunshine.
    -7 Inauspicious (in general); Bṛi. S.91.1.
    -प्तः 1 A lion.
    -2 The citron tree,
    -3 Inflammation of the nose.
    -4 Red arsenic.
    -5 (In Music) A particu- lar tone.
    -प्तम् Gold.
    -Comp. -अंशुः the sun.
    -अक्षः 1 a cat.
    -2 a peacock
    -अग्नि a. kindled (as fire).
    (-ग्निः) 1 blazing fire.
    -2 N. of अगस्त्य; (-a.) digesting well.
    -अङ्गः a peacock.
    -आत्मन् a. having a fiery nature.
    -आस्य a serpent.
    -उपलः 1 the sunstone.
    -2 a crystal- line lens.
    -किरणः the sun; दीप्तकिरणश्च दिवाकरो$यम् Mk. 9.24.
    -कीर्तिः, -वर्णः, -शक्तिः epithets of Kārtikeya.
    -जिह्वा a vixen; (used figuratively for an ill-tempered, quarrelsome woman).
    -तपस् a. of glowing piety, fervent in devotion.
    -निर्णयः definite, actual result; बाहुवीर्याश्रिते मार्गे वर्तसे दीप्तनिर्णये Mb.3.292.2.
    -पिङ्गलः a lion.
    -मूर्तिः Visnu.
    -रसः an earth-worm.
    -लोचनः a cat.
    -लोहम् brass, bell-metal.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > दीप्त _dīpta

  • 15 भगीरथः _bhagīrathḥ

    भगीरथः N. of an ancient king of the solar dynasty, the great-grandson of Sagara, who brought down, by practising the most austere penance, the celestial river Gaṅgā from heaven to the earth and from earth to the lower regions to purify the ashes of his 6, ancestors, the sons of Sagara.
    -Comp. -पथः, -प्रयत्नः the path or effort of Bhagīratha, used figuratively to denote any great or Herculean effort.
    -सुता an epithet of the Ganges.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > भगीरथः _bhagīrathḥ

  • 16 mūtō

        mūtō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [moveo].—Of motion, to move, move away, remove: se Non habitu mutatve loco, quit her dress or her dwelling, H.: coactus civitate mutari, be forced to leave: hinc dum muter, if I can only get away, O.: haec mutata, transplanted, V.—Of alteration, to alter, change, transform, vary, modify: sententiam paucis mutatis rebus sequi, with trifling modifications, Cs.: consilium meum: consuetudinem dicendi: testamentum: tabulas, one's will, Iu.: cum illo ut mutet fidem, T.: natura nescia mutari, incapable of change, Iu.: Mutati fremunt venti, shifted, V.: faciem mutatus, transformed in appearance, V.: facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur, S.: mutatis ad misericordiam animis, turned, L.: quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore, V.: acetum, Quod vitio mutaverit uvam, by fermentation has turned, H.: (lupum) marmore, into marble, O.— To suffer change, alter, change: de uxore nihil mutat, T.: quantum mores mutaverint, L.: annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit, L.—Of style, to vary, change, diversify: an ego poetis concederem, ut crebro mutarent?: genus eloquendi... mutatum: mutata (verba), used figuratively.—To change in color, color, dye: aries iam croceo mutabit vellera luto, V.— To change, make better, improve: Placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi. non si queam mutare, T.— To change for the worse, spoil, turn: mutatum vinum, H.—Of substitution, to change, replace, make a change in: mutatis ad celeritatem iumentis, Cs.: calceos et vestimenta: arma ornatumque, S.: tegumenta capitis, L.: vestitum, put on mourning: mutatā Veste (Fortuna), assuming a squalid garb, H.—Of place, to change, shift, alter: mutari finibus, to be removed, L.: solum, i. e. go into exile: caelum, non animum, H.: calores (i. e. amores), Pr.—Of exchange, to interchange, exchange: cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare: ut vestem cum eo mutem, T.: mutata secum fortuna, L.: incerta pro certis, S.: mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos, L.: pace bellum, S.: victoriae possessionem pace incertā, L.: mitibus Mutare tristia, H. — To exchange, barter, sell: Hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc., H.: mutandi copia, S.: uvam Furtivā strigili, H.: quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur, are sold dear, V.: eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio, S.: res inter se, S.— To forsake: principem, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    mutare, mutavi, mutatus V
    move, change, shift, alter, exchange, substitute (for); modify
    II
    penis; (rude)

    Latin-English dictionary > mūtō

  • 17 taniwha

    chief (used figuratively)
    ————————
    monster (fabulous monster suppose to reside in deep water)

    Maori-English wordlist > taniwha

  • 18 fil

    n. m.
    1. 'Tape', finishing line. Etre coiffé sur le fil: To get pipped at the post. (Although the expression originated in the sporting world, it is often used figuratively in other contexts.)
    2. Le fil (abbr. lefilage): Card-sharp's manipulation of a deck enabling him to cut the pack where he wishes.
    3. Avoir le fil: To be 'on the ball', to be sharp.
    4. Avoir un fil à la patte: To have matrimonial ties. Se mettre un fil a lapatte: To get 'spliced', 'hitched', to get married.
    5. Un vrai fil: A mere slip of a girl, a hyperslender woman.
    6. Donner du fil a retordre a quelqu'un: To 'lead someone a merry dance', to give someone a lot of trouble.
    7. Sécher sur le fil: To be 'stood up', to be kept waiting.
    8. Coup de fil: 'Buzz on the phone', telephone call. Il m'a donné un coup de fil: He gave me a tinkle. 'Y a ta mere au bout du fil: It's your Mum on the phone.
    9. C'est cousu de fil blanc (of plot): You can see right through it—It's not a very discreet ploy.

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > fil

  • 19 Série noire

       the expression is used figuratively to evoke a succession of disasters or problems. Litterally la Série Noire is an s imprint that published collections of fairly basic detective stories and crime fiction, mostly translated from the American.

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Série noire

  • 20 вскрытие показало

    ВСКРЫТИЕ ПОКАЗАЛО разг.
    it turns out that / in hindsight it's clear that как выяснилось <как правило, о неприятном результате, в переносном смысле - шутливо> it has transpired that <in Russian literally "the post-mortem has shown that," usually said of a negative result or jokingly (when used figuratively)>

    Вскрытие показало, что у нас ничего не выйдет. In hindsight it's clear that nothing could come of it.

    Дополнение к русско-английским словарям > вскрытие показало

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