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1 beat the brush
разг. фраз.а) усиленно искать (во всех возможных местах)б) лоб расшибить (в поисках чего-либо)в) вывернуться наизнанку (в поисках чего-либо)г) всё перевернуть (в поисках чего-либо)|| The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground.
ср. тж to beat about the bush; to beat around the bushАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > beat the brush
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2 beat the bushes
beat the bushes (the brush) разг иска́ть повсю́дуThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > beat the bushes
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3 bush
[buʃ] I 1. сущ.1) куст, кустарникSyn:2) ( the bush) = bushlandа) бушленд (равнина, поросшая кустарником; в Австралии, Африке)б) дикая, пустынная местностьSyn:5) уст. вывеска на таверне ( ветка плюща в старой Англии вывешивалась как знак виноторговца)6) уст. винный магазин7) груб. лобковые волосы••2. гл.to beat the bushes — амер. искать повсюду
1) = bush out обсаживать кустарникомThe men have gone ahead to bush out a safe way across the frozen lake; they can cut down some of the small trees growing on the shore and lay them on the ice to show us where to go. — Мужчины ушли вперёд, чтобы проложить путь через замёрзшее озеро; они срубили несколько кустов и положили их на лёд, чтобы показать нам дорогу.
2) = bush out густо разрастатьсяII 1. сущ.; тех.If you don't cut off some of the branches, that tree will bush out sideways. — Если не спилить несколько веток, дерево очень сильно разрастётся
втулка, вкладыш; букса, гильза2. гл.
См. также в других словарях:
beat\ the\ brush — • beat the bushes • beat the brush v. phr. informal To try very hard to find or get something. The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground. Contrast: beat about the bush or beat around the bush … Словарь американских идиом
beat\ the\ bushes — • beat the bushes • beat the brush v. phr. informal To try very hard to find or get something. The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground. Contrast: beat about the bush or beat around the bush … Словарь американских идиом
beat the bushes — also[beat the brush] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try very hard to find or get something. * /The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground./ Contrast: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH or BEAT AROUND THE BUSH … Dictionary of American idioms
beat the bushes — also[beat the brush] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try very hard to find or get something. * /The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground./ Contrast: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH or BEAT AROUND THE BUSH … Dictionary of American idioms
brush — See: BEAT THE BUSHES or BEAT THE BRUSH … Dictionary of American idioms
brush — See: BEAT THE BUSHES or BEAT THE BRUSH … Dictionary of American idioms
brush — See: beat the bushes or beat the brush … Словарь американских идиом
brush — brush1 brushable, adj. brusher, n. brushlike, adj. /brush/, n. 1. an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, grooming, etc. 2. one of a pair of devices… … Universalium
brush — I [[t]brʌʃ[/t]] n. 1) an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like and a handle, used for painting, cleaning, grooming, etc 2) mad either of a pair of wire bristled, brushlike devices used to mark a soft rhythmic beat on drums or… … From formal English to slang
To beat about the bush — Bush Bush (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr, b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scrape; card; dress, tease, back comb; search. See cleanness, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. Combs include the following hair comb, ivorycomb, currycomb, flax comb, carding knife, graining instrument; … English dictionary for students
