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1 ♦ mouth
♦ mouth /maʊɵ/n.1 bocca ( anche fig.); bocca di fiume; foce; imboccatura; apertura; orifizio: What have you got in your mouth?, che cos'hai in bocca?; to keep one's mouth shut, tenere la bocca chiusa ( anche fig.); He has a lot of mouths to feed, ha molte bocche da sfamare; ( anche fig.) to froth at the mouth, aver la schiuma (o la bava) alla bocca; the mouth of a bag [of a bottle], la bocca d'un sacco [di una bottiglia]; the mouth of a river, la foce d'un fiume; the mouth of a cave, l'imboccatura d'una caverna; (fig.) foul mouth, tendenza a usare oscenità2 (tecn.) bocca; entrata3 (ind. min.) bocca; imbocco● ( slang USA) mouth-breather, boccalone; credulone □ (fig.) mouth-filling, enfatico, reboante, retorico; che riempie la bocca (fam.) □ ( slang USA) a mouth full of South, un accento meridionale □ ( boxe) mouth guard, paradenti □ (med.) mouth-opener, apribocca □ (mus.) mouth organ, armonica a bocca; organetto (fam.) □ (med.) mouth-to-mouth breathing (o mouth-to-mouth resuscitation), respirazione bocca a bocca □ ( di cibo e fig.) mouth-watering, che fa venire l'acquolina in bocca □ (fam.) to be all mouth ( and trousers), essere uno sbruffone □ (fam.) to blow one's mouth off, spararle grosse, sproloquiare □ (fam.) to be down in the mouth, esser depresso (o abbattuto, scoraggiato); esser giù di morale □ ( di un cane) to give mouth, abbaiare □ (fig.) to give mouth to st., esprimere (o manifestare) qc. □ ( slang) to have a big mouth, essere un chiacchierone; non saper tenere la lingua a posto □ ( di cavallo) to have a good [a bad, a hard] mouth, esser docile [ribelle, refrattario] al morso □ (fam.) to have st. straight from the horse's mouth, sapere qc. direttamente dalla fonte □ (fam. ingl.) to make a poor mouth, piangere miseria □ to make sb. 's mouth water, far venire l'acquolina in bocca a q. □ (antiq.) to make a wry mouth, fare una smorfia; storcere la bocca □ to put one's money where one's mouth is, far seguire alle parole i fatti □ to put words into sb. 's mouth, mettere parole in bocca a q. □ (fam. USA) to run one's mouth, parlare a ruota libera; scoprire gli altarini □ to shoot one's mouth off = to blow one's mouth off ► sopra □ to take the words out of sb. 's mouth, rubare le parole di bocca a q. □ (fam. USA) to talk poor mouth, piangere miseria □ (fam.) to watch one's mouth, badare a come si parla.(to) mouth /maʊɵ/A v. t.B v. i.2 far boccacce; fare smorfie● to mouth curses, imprecare; bestemmiare. -
2 breather
['briːðə(r)]1) (from work)2) (from pressure) attimo m. di respiro* * *noun (a short rest or break from work etc: I must have a breather before I do any more.) attimo di respiro, breve sosta* * *breather /ˈbri:ðə(r)/n.2 (fam.) breve sosta (o pausa) ( per riprendere fiato): to take a breather, fare una pausa; tirare il fiato3 (tecn.) sfiatatoio; presa d'aria.* * *['briːðə(r)]1) (from work)2) (from pressure) attimo m. di respiro
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