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bend+of+elbow

  • 1 elbow

    ['elbəu] 1. noun
    (the joint where the arm bends: He leant forward on his elbows.) cotovelo
    2. verb
    (to push with the elbow: He elbowed his way through the crowd.) acotovelar
    - at one's elbow
    * * *
    el.bow
    ['elbou] n 1 cotovelo. 2 qualquer coisa semelhante a um cotovelo. 3 Tech canto, ângulo, esquina. • vt+vi acotovelar, empurrar, abrir caminho com os cotovelos. at one’s elbow à mão, ao alcance. out at elbows 1 gasto, usado ou rasgado. 2 maltrapilho, mal vestido ou em situação precária. to bend/lift one’s elbow encher a cara, beber demais. to elbow one’s way (in, out, through) abrir caminho às cotoveladas. up to the elbows 1 ocupadíssimo, cheio de serviço. 2 muito envolvido.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > elbow

  • 2 to bend/lift one’s elbow

    to bend/lift one’s elbow
    encher a cara, beber demais. to elbow one’s way (in, out, through) abrir caminho às cotoveladas. up to the elbows 1 ocupadíssimo, cheio de serviço. 2 muito envolvido.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > to bend/lift one’s elbow

  • 3 crook

    [kruk] 1. noun
    1) (a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end.) bordão
    2) (a criminal: The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels.) marginal
    3) (the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow): She held the puppy in the crook of her arm.) dobra do braço
    2. verb
    (to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook: She crooked her finger to beckon him.) dobrar
    - crookedly
    - crookedness
    * * *
    [kruk] n 1 gancho. 2 curva, curvatura. 3 dobramento, arqueamento. 4 peça curvada. 5 cajado, bordão de pastor. 6 coll pessoa desonesta, trapaceiro, escroque. 7 genuflexão. • vt+vi 1 curvar, entortar. 2 curvar-se. by hook or by crook de qualquer modo. he has a crook in his nature ele tem maneiras esquisitas.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > crook

  • 4 crook

    [kruk] 1. noun
    1) (a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end.) cajado
    2) (a criminal: The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels.) ladrão
    3) (the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow): She held the puppy in the crook of her arm.) dobra do braço
    2. verb
    (to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook: She crooked her finger to beckon him.) curvar
    - crookedly - crookedness

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > crook

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  • bend your elbow — drink beer or liquor, tip a few    Your eyes look red and tired. Bend your elbow last night? …   English idioms

  • bend an elbow — phrasal also crook an elbow or lift an elbow : to drink intoxicating liquor : have a drink don t bend elbows with strangers in bars Wall Street Journal …   Useful english dictionary

  • bend the elbow — vb to drink alcohol. A hearty euphemism used by habitues of bars all over the English speaking world since the 19th century …   Contemporary slang

  • elbow — [OE] Logically enough, elbow means etymologically ‘arm bend’. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanīc *alinobogan (which also produced German ellenbogen, Dutch elleboog, and Danish albue). This was a compound formed from *alinā… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • bend one’s elbow — AND bend the elbow; lift one’s elbow tv. to take a drink of an lcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. □ He’s down at the tavern, bending his elbow. □ Paul gets lots of exercise. He bends his elbow thirty times a day …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • bend — I. /bɛnd / (say bend) verb (bent or, Archaic, bended, bending) –verb (t) 1. to bring (a bow, etc.) into a state of tension by curving it. 2. to force into a different or particular, especially curved, shape, as by pressure. 3. to cause to submit …  

  • bend —    obsolete    to drink intoxicants to excess    Probably a shortened form of bend the elbow, from the locomotion of the drinking vessel:     Bend well to the Madeira at dinner. (E. B. Ramsay, 1859)    See also elbow bending. Bent still means… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • elbow bender — n British a habitual imbiber of alcoholic liquor; a drunk. From the phrase to bend the elbow (in lifting a drink to the lips). Sam Brown admits she became a big time boozer when she was a schoolgirl and is still a solid elbow bender. (Photo… …   Contemporary slang

  • Elbow — El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elbow grease — Elbow El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elbow in the hawse — Elbow El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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