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медленныйCan’t you get dressed any faster? I declare, you’re as slow as molasses in January.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > slow as molasses in january
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f 1. Zool. fly- opędzać się od much to brush away the flies- natrętna mucha a pesky fly2. (element stroju) bow tie; dicky bow pot.- nosić muchę to wear a bow tie- przypiąć/zawiązać komuś muchę to fasten/to do (up) sb’s bow tie3. pot. (pestka, fraszka) piece of cake pot., doddle GB pot.- ten egzamin to dla mnie mucha that exam’s going to be a cinch a. breeze (for me) pot.- □ mucha heska Zool. Hessian fly- mucha hiszpańska Farm., Zool. Spanish fly- mucha tse-tse Zool. tsetse (fly)■ być pod muchą pot. to be tipsy a. mellow- lgnąć a. ciągnąć do kogoś/czegoś jak mucha do miodu pot. to take to a. be attracted to sb/sth like a fly to honey pot.- dziewczyny lgnęły do niego jak muchy do miodu girls took to him like flies to honey- turyści ciągną do Londynu jak muchy do miodu London attracts swarms of tourists- mieć muchy w nosie pot. to have one’s knickers in a twist GB pot., to have one’s undies in a bunch US pot.- padać a. ginąć a. umierać jak muchy to drop a. die like flies, to go down a. fall like ninepins GB- robić z muchy słonia pot. to make a mountain out of a molehill- ruszać się jak mucha w smole a. jak senna mucha pot., pejor. to move slowly, to move as slow as molasses (in January) US- nawet muchy by nie zabił a. skrzywdził he wouldn’t hurt a. harm a fly- wyglądasz świetnie, mucha nie siada pot. you look fabulous- Mercedes to samochód, że mucha nie siada pot. a Mercedes is a fantastic carThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > mu|cha
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