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1 crack up
1.(coll.)intransitive verb [Flugzeug usw.:] auseinander brechen; [Gesellschaft, Person:] zusammenbrechen2. transitive verbshe/it is not all she/it is cracked up to be — so toll ist sie/es nun auch wieder nicht[, wie sie/es dargestellt wird]
* * *◆ crack up1. (find sth hilarious) lachen müssenII. vt1. (assert)they're always \crack uping it up to be the best but I'm not so sure es wird immer in den Himmel gelobt, aber ich habe so meine Bedenkenthis new washing powder is not all it's \crack uped up to be das neue Waschpulver hält nicht alles, was es verspricht2. (amuse)▪ sth \crack ups sb up etw bringt jdn zum Lachenevery time I see her wearing that hat it \crack ups me up jedes Mal wenn ich sie mit diesem Hut sehe, könnte ich mich kaputtlachen* * *1. vi1) (= break into pieces) zerbrechen; (road surface, lips) aufspringen, rissig werden; (ice) brechen; (machine, plane) auseinanderbrechen, auseinanderfallen; (make-up) rissig werden2) (fig inf person) durchdrehen (inf); (under strain) zusammenbrechen; (= have a mental breakdown) einen Nervenzusammenbruch haben; (organization) auseinanderfallen, zusammenbrechen; (= lose ability, strength athlete etc) abbauen2. vt sep (inf)he's/it's not all he's/it's cracked up to be — so toll ist er/es dann auch wieder nicht
he's cracked up to be some sort of genius — er wird als eine Art Genie gepriesen
* * *crack up umgA v/i1. (körperlich oder seelisch) zusammenbrechen3. sich vor Lachen krümmenB v/t1. ein Fahrzeug zu Schrott fahren2. the story cracked them up sie krümmten sich vor Lachen bei der Geschichte3. hochjubeln:he’s not as good as he’s cracked up to be so gut ist er auch wieder nicht* * *1.(coll.)intransitive verb [Flugzeug usw.:] auseinander brechen; [Gesellschaft, Person:] zusammenbrechen2. transitive verbshe/it is not all she/it is cracked up to be — so toll ist sie/es nun auch wieder nicht[, wie sie/es dargestellt wird]
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2 crack up
I phrvi1) infmlHe cracked up on a curve — Его машина разбилась, когда он не вписался в поворот
2) infmlShe cracked up in the witness box — Она разрыдалась, когда ее вызвали для дачи свидетельских показаний
If John goes on working and worrying as he has been doing he's bound to crack up sooner or later — Если Джон и дальше будет надрываться и нервничать на работе, то надолго его не хватит
The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him — У парня произошел нервный срыв. Такое вряд ли кто выдержит
What's come over you? This isn't the time to crack up — Что с тобой? Сейчас надо держаться как никогда
3) infml4) infml esp AmEThe audience really cracked up during the second act — Во время второго акта публика покатывалась со смеху
I knew I would crack up during the love scene — Я знал, что не выдержу и расхохочусь во время этой любовной сцены
5) slOver there, a pair of dudes crack up on the corner, sucking in poison from a glass pipe — Там на углу двое чуваков курят крэк, всасывая этот яд через стеклянную трубку
II phrvt infmlIt's midafternoon, for fuck's sake, and right in front of us on a sidestreet they're cracking up — Полдень, а они уже вовсю, блин, курят свой крэк в переулке напротив нас
1)2)Do you think the new aircraft is everything they crack it up to be? — Ты думаешь, что этот самолет действительно такое чудо, как его рекламируют?
3) esp AmEShe told a joke which really cracked us up — Она рассказала анекдот, от которого мы по полу катались
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