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1 слабое звено
2) Sports: weak link3) Jargon: weak sister4) Quality control: weak component, weak unit, weakness5) Makarov: soft touch6) Security: weak link (в системе безопасности) -
2 ненадёжный человек
1) General subject: a bad actor, a broken reed, a bruised reed, a man not to be trusted, a man of straw, an unreliable man, broken reed, flibbertigibbet, man of straw, poor risk, straw man, weak vessel, weathercock, will o' the wisp, will-o'-the-wisp, wisp, wrongo2) Colloquial: flake, sleaze-bag, sleazebag3) American: bad actor4) Bible: the weaker vessel5) Diplomatic term: wobbler6) Jargon: kittle-cattle, ring-tail, yaffer, weak sister, wrong numberУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ненадёжный человек
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3 баба
1) General subject: Miss Molly, cosy (на чайник, кофейник и т.п.), effeminate, old woman, weak sister2) Colloquial: Molly, molly-coddle (о мужчине), mollycoddle (о мужчине), sop3) American: milquetoast, sissy -
4 Баба
1) General subject: Miss Molly, cosy (на чайник, кофейник и т.п.), effeminate, old woman, weak sister2) Colloquial: Molly, molly-coddle (о мужчине), mollycoddle (о мужчине), sop3) American: milquetoast, sissy -
5 баба
1) General subject: Miss Molly, cosy (на чайник, кофейник и т.п.), effeminate, old woman, weak sister2) Colloquial: Molly, molly-coddle (о мужчине), mollycoddle (о мужчине), sop3) American: milquetoast, sissy -
6 женоподобный мужчина
1) General subject: effeminate, sissy2) American: pinkling3) Botanical term: pansy boy4) Australian slang: big girl's blouse, nancy boy5) Jargon: boy, fairy, lily, limp wrist, ma (обычно добавляют имя), mother, pansy, panty-waist, poof, pretty-boy, Lizzie, capon, nance, queerie, twink, weak sister6) Taboo: Casper Milquetoast, Ethel, Fauntleroy, Goldielocks, Hollywood Indian, Jenny Willocks, Jessie, Joe-boy, Joey, Mabel, Miss Molly, Miss Nancy, Nancy homey (обыч. гомосексуалист), Percy, Peter Pansy, angel, angel face, babe, baby face, betty, big thithy, bird, boy scout, buttercup, capon (обыч. гомосексуалист), chicken, chorus boy (по аналогии с chorus girl хористка, артистка кордебалета, символ доступной женщины), collar and cuff, cot betty, cream puff, cupcake, dearie, drugstore cowboy, duckie, effie, fag, fancy pants, fanny merchant, ferblet, flit, fluff, freak, fuddyduddy, fugitive from a daisy chain gang, gentlemiss (игра слов на gentleman и miss), geranium, girl, goody, gussie, half-and-half, hash, hen-hussy, hesh, himmer (от him и (h)er), hitchy-koo, homie, it, jelly bean, ladyfinger, lavendered boy, lemon-sucker, lisper, little Lord Fauntleroy (по имени героя одноименного романа), ma (обычно стоит впереди имени человека, напр. Ma Jones), maama man, mamma's baby, man's man, milquetoast, moll, molly, muff, nan-boy, nancy, neuter gender, no bullfighter, nola, one of the boys, one of those, painted Willie, patsy, pee Willy, petal (см. pansy), pollyanny, pood, powder puff, pretty, prissy, punce, pussy, pussyfoot, queen, queer one, queerie (не гомосексуалист; употребляется редко из-за путаницы с queer q.v.), quim, she-he, she-man, sis, siss, sissie, sissie boy, soft-heel, some relation to a girl, spurge, swish-siss, tame cat, tea-hound, thing, third sexer, thithy, three-letter man, toots (sing), tutti-fruttie (см. fruit), tutz (искаженное toots q.v.), twilight personality, what?, whoops boy, willie, winking Willie, woman, woman's home companion, works (pl), yoo-hooУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > женоподобный мужчина
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7 кисейная барышня
General subject: a weak sister, milk-and-water girl, prim young lady -
8 нуждающийся в помощи
General subject: weak sisterУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > нуждающийся в помощи
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9 отстающий
1) General subject: lagging, tardy, weak sister, laggy2) Geology: scaly3) Naval: dropping astern4) Medicine: retarded (напр. о развитии)5) Military: falling behind time7) Automobile industry: backward8) School: remedial9) Advertising: laggard10) Business: behindhand, in arrears11) Bicycle: bagger12) HR. underperformer -
10 трус
1) General subject: blancher, capon, chicken liver, chicken-heart, chicken-liver, cissy, coward, craven, dastard, faint heart, faint-heart, funk, milksop, nervous Nellie ( Nelly), niddering, piker, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, scuttler, turnback, turntail, yellow belly, quakebuttock (насмешливо-презрительно)2) Zoology: rat (убегающий как крыса с тонущего корабля)4) American: yellow dog6) Religion: trembler8) Diplomatic term: white feather10) Jargon: Caspar, chickenheart, dancer, deuce, lollipop, puff, yellow-belly, yellow-belly coward, chickenshit, Ethel (о спортсмене), chicken, cock sucker (прозвище вызывающего антипатию мужчины), patsy, ring-tail, weak sister11) Taboo: candy ass, pucker-ass, pussy clot, yellow bastard, yellowbelly -
11 член группы
1) General subject: insider, weak sister2) Engineering: crewman3) Economy: panelist4) Quality control: teammate -
12 член группы, нуждающийся в помощи
Makarov: weak sisterУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > член группы, нуждающийся в помощи
См. также в других словарях:
weak sister — ☆ weak sister n. Slang one who is cowardly, unreliable, etc … English World dictionary
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weak sister — n. a timid person, usually a male. □ It looks like Dave is the weak sister on the team. □ Another weak sister and we’ll have to quit. We’ve got to pull together … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
weak sister — weak′ sis′ter n. 1) inf a vacillating person; coward 2) inf a part or element that undermines the whole of something; weak link • Etymology: 1855–60 … From formal English to slang
weak sister — noun Date: 1857 a member of a group who needs aid; also something weak and ineffective as compared with others in a group … New Collegiate Dictionary
weak sister — Informal. 1. a vacillating person; coward. 2. a part or element that undermines the whole of something; a weak link. [1855 60] * * * … Universalium
weak sister — noun N. Amer. informal a weak member of a group … English new terms dictionary
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sister — noun Etymology: Middle English suster, sister, partly from Old English sweostor and partly from Old Norse systir sister; akin to Latin soror sister, Sanskrit svasṛ Date: before 12th century 1. a female who has one or both parents in common with… … New Collegiate Dictionary