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1 (as) bald as a coot
(as) bald as a coot (as a billiard ball, as an egg) лисий як макогін, як місяць; голий як коліноEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > (as) bald as a coot
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2 coot
n1) орн. лиска, лисуха2) розм. простак; дурень* * *[kuːt]n1) зooл. лиска2) простак; дурень -
3 bald
adj1) лисий, плішивий, голомозийbald pate — знев. тонзура, лисина
2) голий, оголений (без рослинності, без вовни, пір'я тощо)3) неприкритий, неприхований4) неприкрашений, прямий, простий5) пустий, беззмістовний6) убогий, злиденний; безбарвний7) з білою плямою на голові (про тварину)8) тех. без бортуas bald as a coot (an egg) — абсолютно лисий; лисий, як коліно
* * *[bxːld]a1) лисий, плішивийbald pate — лисина, плішина; тонзура ( католицького ченця)
bald patch — плішинка, невеличка лисина
bald ringworm — мeд. стригучий лишай
2) оголений; позбавлений покриву (рослинності, пір'я, вовни)3) неприкритий, відвертий4) неприкрашений, прямий, простий5) порожній, беззмістовний6) убогий; безбарвний8) тex. без фланця, без борта -
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[kuːt]n2) розм. проста́к -
5 bald-coot
n1) орн. лиска, лисуха2) лиса (плішива) людина3) монах з тонзурою* * *n1) зooл. лиска2) в знaч.; iм. лисий, плішивий3) чернець ( з тонзурою) -
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7 bald-coot
['bɔːldkuːt]n1) орн. ли́ска, лису́ха2) розм. ли́сий (пліши́вий) чолові́к -
8 (as) bald as a billiard ball
(as) bald as a coot (as a billiard ball, as an egg) лисий як макогін, як місяць; голий як коліноEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > (as) bald as a billiard ball
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9 (as) bald as as an egg
(as) bald as a coot (as a billiard ball, as an egg) лисий як макогін, як місяць; голий як коліноEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > (as) bald as as an egg
См. также в других словарях:
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … The small dictionary of idiomes
bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … Dictionary of English idioms
(as) bald as a coot — idiom (BrE, informal) completely bald Main entry: ↑baldidiom … Useful english dictionary
bald as a coot — totally bald … English contemporary dictionary
bald as a coot — Entirely bald … A concise dictionary of English slang
be as bald as a coot — humorous to be completely bald (= having no hair on your head). Then he took off his hat and he was as bald as a coot … New idioms dictionary
as bald as a coot — Meaning Completely bald. Origin Coots are water birds whose white head colouring give them the appearance of baldness. ref: Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition … Meaning and origin of phrases
Coot — For other uses, see Coot (disambiguation). Coots Eurasian Coot Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
coot, you old — A friendly insult, comparing the person addressed (usually a man) to the water bird known as a coot, or more accurately, to one of the several birds loosely known by this name. One of them is bald, hence the proverbial ‘bald as a coot’. One is … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address