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1 bald as a bandicoot
Австралийский сленг: лысый, лысый как бандикут, плешивый -
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4 bandicoot
I1. бандикут, сумчатая крыса (любое из австралийских сумчатых мелких животных сем. Peramelidae, кот. представлены двумя видами: длинноухий и короткоухий бандикут; небольшие зверьки совершают опустошительные набеги на сады и огороды) 2. перен. неприятный человекpoor/lousy/barmy/brainless/bald as a bandicoot – несчастный/грязный/сумасшедший/глупый/лысый как бандикут; to be fleeing like a bandicoot – улепётывать во все лопатки; like a bandicoot on a burnt bridge – одинокий
II разг. копать как бандикут (выбирать клубни картофеля и др. корнеплоды пальцами из земли, оставляя стебли растений нетронутыми)Australia and New Zealand. English-Russian dictionary of regional studies > bandicoot
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5 bald as a billiard ball
((as) bald as a billiard ball (as a coot или as an egg, австрал. as a bandicoot))совершенно лысый; ≈ голый как коленкаThe Verger... is bald as an egg and his yellowish face is parched and woebegone-looking. (S. O'Casey, ‘Red Roses for Me’, act IV) — Голова у причетника лысая, гладкая как яйцо, лицо желтое, сморщенное и печальное.
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