biti kakor iz škatlice

škatla za trakove, klobuke ipd.

to look as if one had stepped out of a bandbox — biti kakor iz škatlice

1) (the number or figure 9.) devetica

2) (the age of 9.) devet

1) (9 in number.) devet

2) (aged 9.) devet

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- nine-

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devet

nine times out of ten — navadnoskoraj vedno

American in the nine holes — v težavah

to look nine ways for Sundays — močno škiliti

nine-pence for fourpence — bolniško zavarovanje

nine tenth — devet desetin, skoraj vsi

nine winks — kratko spanje, dremež

nine days' wonder — kratkotrajna senzacija

devetica; devetka (karta, številka itd.); American basebalsko moštvo

the Nine — devet muz

to the nines — do skrajnosti

dressed up to the nines — biti kakor iz škatlice

1) (a short, thin, pointed piece of metal used eg to hold pieces of fabric, paper etc together, especially when making clothes: The papers are fastened together by a pin.) bucika, zaponka

2) (a similar but more ornamental object: a hat-pin.) okrasna igla

1) (to fasten with a pin: She pinned the material together.) speti

2) (to hold by pressing against something: The fallen tree pinned him to the ground.) pritisniti

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- pincushion

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bucika, igla, zaponka; technical količ, klinček, moznik, žebljiček, zatič, zagozda; šilo, osnik, lunek; strelica, kazalec (kompasa), krak (šestila); vijak pri violini; figuratively malenkost, mrvica; kuhinjski valjar; plural colloquially noge; sport kegelj

to be weak on one's pins — imeti šibke noge

not to care a pin — ne jemati v mar, ne upoštevati

there's no pin to choose between them — nobene razlike ni med njima, podobna sta si kot jajce jajcu

to knock s.o. off his pins — podreti koga na tla

in a merry pin — vesel, razpoložen

on a merry pin — okajen, opit

you might have heard a pin fall — lahko bi bil slišal iglo pasti na tla

as neat as a new pin — kakor iz škatlice

pins and needles — mravljinci

on pins and needles — kakor na trnih

colloquially on one's pins — na nogah, čil in zdrav

clothes-pin — kljukica za perilo

drawing-pin — risalni žebljiček

hair-pin — lasna igla

nine pin — kegelj

rolling pin — kuhinjski valjar

safety-pin — varnostna zaponka

tie-pin — kravatna igla

pripeti (to, on na), zapeti, speti (up); pribiti, prebiti (s klinom, žebljičkom itd.); pritisniti, pritiskati ( against ob, to na); pritisniti koga ob zid ( down), obvezati koga k čemu ( down to); vezati, ukleščiti (sovražne sile, šahovske figure; down); natančno določiti, definirati ( down); technical zakliniti, pričvrstiti ( down);

biti pričvrščen; prilepiti se

to pin the blame on s.o. — pripisati komu krivdo

to pin one's hopes on — graditi na čem, verovati v kaj

to pin one's faith on — neomajno komu zaupati

to pin back s.o.'s ears — nahruliti koga, pretepsti, prekositi, premagati

to pin o.s. to s.o. — prilepiti se komu, živeti na njegov račun