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1 brass neck
(shameless cheek or impudence: After breaking off the engagement she had the brass neck to keep the ring.) biti predrzen -
2 brass
1) (an alloy of copper and zinc: This plate is made of brass; ( also adjective) a brass door-knocker.) medenina2) (wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal.) trobila•- brassy- brass band
- brass neck
- get down to brass tacks* * *I [bra:s]nounmedenina, med, bron; colloquially denar; music trobila; plural medeninasta posoda; nagrobna plošča, spominska plošča; American slang častniki; figuratively nesramnost, predrznostII [bra:s]adjectivemedeninast, bronast; figuratively predrzen, izzivalen, trmastIII [bra:s]transitive verb & intransitive verbz medenino obiti, obložiti; slang izplačati -
3 throat
[Ɵrəut]1) (the back part of the mouth connecting the openings of the stomach, lungs and nose: She has a sore throat.) grlo2) (the front part of the neck: She wore a silver brooch at her throat.) vrat•- - throated- throaty
- throatily
- throatiness* * *[mróut]1.noungrlo, žrelo, požiralnik, goltanec, sapnik; vrat; figuratively zoženje, ozek prehod, zožena odprtina; figuratively glasa throat of brass figuratively pogumen, močan glasto clear one's throat — odkašijati se, izkašljati se, odhrkati seto cut s.o.'s throat — komu vrat prerezatito cut one another's throats figuratively medsebojno se uničitito cut one's own throat — figuratively sam se uničitito give s.o. the lie in his throat — obtožiti koga velike lažiI have a sore throat — grlo me boli, grlo m je vnetoto jump down one's throat — figuratively prekiniti koga z ugovarjanjem, protestiranjem ipd.to lie in one's throat — debelo, grobo lagatito pour down one's throat — izpiti, pognati po grluto take s.o. by the throat — zgrabiti koga za vratto thrust (to ram) s.th. down s.o.'s throat — vsiliti komu kajthe words stuck in my throat — besede so mi obtičale v grlu;2.transitive verbizžlebiti, izdolbsti; obsolete momljati
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