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1 white elephant
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n прен. създаващо главоболие/неудобство притежание, нещо скъпо, но безполезно, нежелано нещо* * *{'wait,elifъnt} n прен. създаващо главоболие/неудобств* * *n прен. създаващо главоболие/неудобство притежание, нещо скъпо, но безполезно, нежелано нещо -
2 elephant
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1. слон
bull ELEPHANT мъжки слон
cow ELEPHANT женски слон
calf/baby ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT calf слонче
ELEPHANT trumpet рев на слон
2. ост. слонова кост
white ELEPHANT подарък/предмет, който създава главоболие на получателя/притежателя
pink ELEPHANTs халюцинации при дерилиум тременс* * *{'elifъnt} n 1. слон; bull elephant мъжки слон; cow elephant женски слон;* * *слон;* * *1. bull elephant мъжки слон 2. calf/baby elephant, elephant calf слонче 3. cow elephant женски слон 4. elephant trumpet рев на слон 5. pink elephants халюцинации при дерилиум тременс 6. white elephant подарък/предмет, който създава главоболие на получателя/притежателя 7. ост. слонова кост 8. слон* * *elephant[´elifənt] n 1. слон; bull \elephant мъжки слон; cow \elephant женски слон; calf \elephant, \elephant calf, baby \elephant слонче; \elephant trumpet рев на слон; 2. ост. слонова кост; 3.: \elephant(- paper) рисувателна хартия голям формат (711 х 584 мм); double \elephant формат хартия (673 х 1016 мм); • the \elephant прозвище на Републиканската партия; to see ( get a look at) the \elephant sl виждам свят; опознавам живота на големия град; to show s.o. the \elephant показвам на някого забележителности, развеждам някого из града; white \elephant подарък, който създава главоболие на получателя.
См. также в других словарях:
White elephant — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white elephant — ˌwhite ˈelephant noun [countable] something that is completely useless, even though it cost a lot of money: • The hotel is unfinished and structurally unsound a white elephant of epic proportions. * * * white elephant UK US noun [C] ► something… … Financial and business terms
white elephant — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white elephant — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white elephant — n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, who gave to people he did not like a white elephant, which cost a very large amount of money to keep] something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
white elephant — white elephants N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. The pavilion has become a ₤14 million steel and glass white elephant … English dictionary
White elephant — Something requiring much care and expense to maintain and yielding little profit, and often difficult to sell; any burdensome possession. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white elephant — A white elephant is an expensive burden; something that costs far too much money to run, like the Millennium Dome in the UK … The small dictionary of idiomes
white elephant — white′ el′ephant n. 1) a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of 2) a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its value to the owner 3) mam an albino Indian elephant • Etymology: 1850–55; from the tale that… … From formal English to slang
white elephant — n. 1. an albino elephant 2. something from which little profit or use is derived; esp., such a possession maintained at much expense ☆ 3. any object no longer desired by its owner, but of possible value to others … English World dictionary
white elephant — noun count 1. ) an object that is useless and may have cost a lot of money 2. ) an important project that has failed very badly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English