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[pot] 1. noun(any one of many kinds of deep container used in cooking, for holding food, liquids etc or for growing plants: a cooking-pot; a plant-pot; a jam-pot; The waiter brought her a pot of tea.) lonec2. verb(to plant in a pot.) posaditi v lonček- potted- pothole
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- take pot luck* * *I [pɔt]nounlonec, lonček, ročka; kangla, vrč (za pivo); technical talilni lonec, topilnik; colloquially pehar denarja; sport colloquially pokal, nagrada; colloquially polog (pri kvartanju); past (košara) za lov na rake; slang marihuana; okrogel klobuk; mera za sadje; z vodo napolnjena luknja; colloquially "visoka živina"slang big pot — visoka živina, pomembna osebaslang a pot of money — na kupe denarjaslang to go to pot — propasti, iti k vraguto put the pot on — preveč zahtevati, pretiratislang to take a pot at — streljati na kogaa watched pot never boils — kdor nestrpno čaka, nikoli ne dočakaII [pɔt]1.transitive verbvložiti (sadje), dati v lonec, kuhati v sopari, dušiti; posaditi lončnice; ustreliti z bližine (samo za hrano); pograbiti; colloquially doseči kaj; opehariti koga;2.intransitive verbstreljati z bližine (at na) -
2 quart
[kwo:(r)t](a unit of liquid measure) one fourth of a gallon (1.136 litres in the UK and 0.946 liters in the US). mera za tekočino (četrt galone)* * *I [kwɔ:t]nounmera za tekočine (četrt galone, 1,106 l); music kvarta; litrski vrč, maseljc (piva)II [kwɔ:t]nounkvarta (pri sabljanju); sekvenca štirih kart (kvartanje)
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pint-pot — pintˈ pot noun 1. A pot for holding a pint, esp a pewter pot for beer 2. A seller or drinker of beer • • • Main Entry: ↑pint … Useful english dictionary
pint pot — noun : a pint measure pot or drinking vessel usually of pewter; also : such a pot full of beer, ale, or other beverage * * * n. chiefly Brit. a beer glass or mug that holds a pint, esp. one made of pewter * * * ˌpint ˈpot 7 [pint pot pint pots] … Useful english dictionary
pint-pot — /ˈpaɪnt pɒt/ (say puynt pot) noun a pot or vessel holding a pint, especially one of pewter made to hold beer …
pint pot — noun A container, typically with a handle, that holds a pint (of beer, etc) for drinking … Wiktionary
you cannot get a quart into a pint pot — A quart is an imperial measure of two pints. The metaphorical phrase to get (or put) a quart into a pint pot is also used. 1896 Daily News 23 July 4 They had been too ambitious. They had attempted what he might describe in homely phrase as… … Proverbs new dictionary
quart into a pint pot — (UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints) (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To say that you can t put a quart into a pint pot means that you cannot fit something… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
get a quart into a pint pot — get/put a quart into a pint pot British to try to put too much of something into a small space. I m trying to get this huge pile of clothes crammed into these two drawers. Talk about trying to get a quart into a pint pot! … New idioms dictionary
put a quart into a pint pot — get/put a quart into a pint pot British to try to put too much of something into a small space. I m trying to get this huge pile of clothes crammed into these two drawers. Talk about trying to get a quart into a pint pot! … New idioms dictionary
quart into a pint pot — (UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints) … The small dictionary of idiomes
put a quart into a pint pot — put a quart into a pint ˈpot idiom (BrE) to put sth into a space that is too small for it • Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot. Main entry: ↑quartidiom … Useful english dictionary
you can't get a quart into a pint pot — ► you can t get a quart into a pint pot Brit. proverb you cannot achieve the impossible. Main Entry: ↑quart … English terms dictionary