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1 ♦ apple
♦ apple /ˈæpl/n.● apple brandy, distillato di sidro □ apple-cart ► applecart □ apple-cheeked, con le guance rosse come mele □ apple crumble, apple crumble (dolce di mele coperte da un impasto sbriciolato di farina, burro e zucchero) □ apple green, verde mela □ (fam. Austral.) the Apple Isle, la Tasmania ( nota produttrice di mele) □ (mitol. e fig.) the apple of discord, il pomo della discordia □ the apple of sb. 's eye, la pupilla degli occhi di q. □ apple orchard, meleto □ ( USA) apple pie, torta di mele □ apple-pie, a. tipicamente americano ( come la torta di mele); americano al 100% □ apple-pie bed, sacco nel letto ( scherzo) □ (fam. USA) apple-polisher, (fig.) lecchino; filone □ apple sauce, salsa di mele; (fam. USA) chiacchiere, sciocchezze, parole adulatorie □ (fam. GB) apples and pears, scale (termine di ► «rhyming slang», ► to rhyme) □ (fam.) in apple-pie order, in perfetto ordine □ (fam. USA) How do you like them apples?, embè, che ne dici? (iron.) □ (fam. Austral.) She's (o She'll be) apples!, va tutto bene; è tutto OK.
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Apple-pie bed — Apple pie Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apple-pie bed — noun : a bed in which as a joke the sheets are doubled like the cover of an apple turnover to prevent anyone from stretching at full length between them * * * a bed that has been short sheeted as a joke. Also called pie bed. [1770 80] * * * apple … Useful english dictionary
apple pie bed — bed that as a joke the sheets are doubled folded (like the cover of an apple pie) so that a person cannot get his legs down … English contemporary dictionary
apple-pie bed — a bed that has been short sheeted as a joke. Also called pie bed. [1770 80] * * * … Universalium
apple-pie bed — /æpəl paɪ ˈbɛd/ (say apuhl puy bed) noun a bed shortsheeted, or in any way made uncomfortable as a joke. {? French nappe pliée, folded linen } …
apple-pie bed — noun A shortsheeted bed in which a sheet is folded back on itself halfway down as a practical joke so that the victim cannot get into it … Wiktionary
apple-pie bed — noun a bed which, as a practical joke, has been made with a sheet folded so that the legs cannot be stretched out … English new terms dictionary
apple pie bed — noun (C) BrE a trick you do to someone s bed in which you fold the sheets in a particular way so that they cannot get into it … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
apple-pie bed — see PLY … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
apple-pie bed — see PLY … Word origins
Apple pie — Ap ple pie A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [1913 Webster] {Apple pie bed}, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English