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1 ♦ purse
♦ purse /pɜ:s/n.1 borsa ( anche fig.); borsellino ( da uomo); portamonete: a light purse, un borsellino vuoto (o all'asciutto); a leather purse, un portamonete di cuoio5 (form.) risorse finanziarie; borsa; cassa: the public purse, la borsa pubblica; to have a common purse, fare cassa comune● purse-bearer, cassiere; tesoriere □ purse-net (o purse-seine), senna a sacco; sciabica □ ( USA) purse-snatcher, scippatore □ ( USA) purse-snatching, scippo □ to be beyond one's purse, non essere alla portata della propria borsa: Those shoes are beyond my purse, quelle scarpe non posso proprio permettermele □ (fig.) to hold the purse strings, tenere i cordoni della borsa □ to live within one's purse, vivere secondo le proprie possibilità; fare il passo secondo la gamba □ (fig.) to tighten [to loosen] the purse strings, stringere [allargare] i cordoni della borsa.(to) purse /pɜ:s/A v. t.( spesso to purse up) arricciare; aggrottare; corrugare; torcere: to purse up one's brows, aggrottare le ciglia; corrugare la fronte; to purse up one's lips, torcere le labbraB v. i.
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