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came within

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1 within an inch of

almost; very near(ly):

He came within an inch of failing the exam.
على قَيْد خُطْوَةٍ من، قريب جدا من

Arabic-English dictionary > within an inch of
2 dentro de + Posesivo + competencia

= within + Posesivo + jurisdiction

Ex. The two had spent almost an hour in an informal discussion of various matters that came within his jurisdiction as head of the library.

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= within + Posesivo + jurisdiction

Ex: The two had spent almost an hour in an informal discussion of various matters that came within his jurisdiction as head of the library.

Spanish-English dictionary > dentro de + Posesivo + competencia
3 dentro de + Posesivo + jurisdicción

= within + Posesivo + jurisdiction

Ex. The two had spent almost an hour in an informal discussion of various matters that came within his jurisdiction as head of the library.

* * *

= within + Posesivo + jurisdiction

Ex: The two had spent almost an hour in an informal discussion of various matters that came within his jurisdiction as head of the library.

Spanish-English dictionary > dentro de + Posesivo + jurisdicción
4 tris

m.

1 noise made by the breaking of glass (estallido).

2 trice, an instant.

Venir en un tris to come in an instant

3 noughts and crosses (game). (Latin American)

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tris

► nombre masculino

1 familiar figurado bit (sonido) crack

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en un tris familiar in a jiffy

■ lo hizo en un tris he did it in a jiffy

estar en un tris de to be on the point of

■ estaba en un tris de marcharse he was on the point of leaving

■ estuve en un tris de ir allí I very nearly went there

por un tris familiar by skin of one's teeth, by a hair's breadth

■ no lo atropellaste por un tris you missed running him over by a hair's breadth

* * *

SM INV

1) (=estallido) crack; [al rasgarse] rip, tearing noise

2)

- en un tris

recogimos la mesa en un tris — we cleared the table in no time

está en un tris — it's touch and go

estar en un tris de hacer algo — to be within an inch of doing sth

estuvo en un tris que lo perdiera — he very nearly lost it, he was within an inch of losing it

por un tris —

los dos coches evitaron el choque por un tris — the two cars avoided a collision by a hair's breadth

3) LAm (=juego) noughts and crosses pl, tic tac toe (EEUU)

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masculino

estar en un tris de algo — to be within a hair's breadth of something

estuve en un tris de perder el empleo — I came very close to losing my job

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* en un tris = in a trice.

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masculino

estar en un tris de algo — to be within a hair's breadth of something

estuve en un tris de perder el empleo — I came very close to losing my job

* * *

* en un tris = in a trice.

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tris

masculine

( Col fam)

me queda un tris de leche I only have a tiny drop o bit of milk left

me queda un tris grande it's slightly (too) big for me, it's a touch (too) big for me ( colloq), it's a tiny bit too big for me ( colloq)

estar en or (Andes, RPl) a un tris de algo to be within a hair's breadth of sth

estuve en un tris de perder el empleo I came very close to losing my job

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tris m fam (a punto de, por poco) en un tris, almost
estuve en un tris de chocar contra una farola, I almost crashed into a street lamp

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tris nm
Fam
1. Col [poquito] tiny bit

2. Comp

estar en o Andes, RP [m5]a un tris de hacer algo: estuve en un tris de pegarle un tortazo I very nearly slapped him;

estuvo en un tris de irse a pique it came within inches of sinking;

por un tris: no me fui/no solté un par de voces por un tris I very nearly walked out/shouted

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tris

m

:

estuvo en un tris de caerse fam she came within an inch of falling

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tris nm

estar en un tris de : to be within an inch of, to be very close to

Spanish-English dictionary > tris
5 παρά

πᾰρά [pron. full] [ρᾰ], [dialect] Ep. and Lyr. also [full] παραί: shortd. [full] πάρ, in Hom., Lyr. (but rarely in Trag., in lyr. passages, A.Supp. 553, S.Tr. 636), and in all dial ects exc. [dialect] Att., GDI5434.8 ([place name] Paros), IG5(2).3.14 (Tegea, iv B. C.), Inscr.Magn.26.28 (Thess.), etc.:—Prep. c. gen., dat., and acc., prop.

A beside: hence,

A WITH GEN. prop. denoting motion from the side of, from beside, from:

I of Place, πὰρ νηῶν ἔλθωμεν Il.13.744
; παρὰ ναῦφιν ἐλευσόμεθ' 12.225
, etc.; παρ' Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων.. ἐπερχομένη Od.22.197
; πὰρ νηῶν ἀπώσεται Il.8.533
, etc.; δῶρα π. νηὸς ἐνεικέμεν 19.194
; φάσγανον ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος π. μηροῦ 1.190
, cf. 21.173; σπασσάμενος.. ἄορ παχέος π. μηροῦ 16.473
; πλευρὰ παρ' ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη was exposed beside the shield, 4.468, cf. A.Th. 624.

II commonly of Persons,

1 with Verbs of going or coming, bringing, etc., ἦλθε.. πὰρ Διός Il.2.787
; παρ' Αἰήταο πλέουσα Od.12.70
, etc.; ἀγγελίη ἥκει π. βασιλέος Hdt.8.140
. ά; αὐτομολήσαντες π. βασιλέως X.An.1.7.13
; ἐξεληλυθὼς παρ' Ἀριστάρχου D.21.117
; ὁ π. τινὸς ἥκων his messenger, X.Cyr.4.5.53; so οἱ π. τινός Th.7.10
, Ev.Marc.3.21, etc.; ὅστις ἀφικνεῖτο τῶν π. βασιλέως πρὸς αὐτόν X.An.1.1.5
, etc.; τεύχεα καλὰ φέρουσα παρ' Ἡφαίστοιο from his workshop, Il.18.137, cf. 617, etc.; ἀπαγγέλλειν τι π. τινός X.An.2.1.20
; σὺ δὲ οἰμώζειν αὐτοῖς παρ' ἐμοῦ λέγε Luc.DMort.1.2
.

2 issuing from a person, γίγνεσθαι π. τινός to be born from, Pl.Smp. 179b; λόγος (sc. ἐστί) π. Ἀθηναίων c. acc. et inf., Hdt.8.55: freq. following a Noun, δόξα ἡ π. τῶν ἀνθρώπων glory from (given by) men, Pl.Phdr. 232a; ἡ π. τινὸς εὔνοια the favour from, i. e. of, any one, X.Mem.2.2.12; τὸ παρ' ἐμοῦ ἀδίκημα done by me, Id.Cyr.5.5.13; τὰ π. τινός all that issues from any one, as commands, commissions, Id.An.2.3.4, etc.; or promises, gifts, presents, Id.Mem.3.11.13; τὰ παρ' ἐμοῦ my opinions, Pl.Smp. 219a; παρ' ἑωυτοῦ διδούς giving from oneself, i. e. from one's own means, Hdt. 2.129, 8.5; παρ' ἑαυτοῦ προσετίθει X.HG6.1.3
; νόμον θὲς παρ' ἐμοῦ by my advice, Pl.Prt. 322d; αὐτοὶ παρ' αὑτῶν of themselves, Id.Tht. 150d, cf. Phdr. 235c.

3 with Verbs of receiving, obtaining, and the like , τυχεῖν τινος π. τινός Od.6.290
, 15.158; πὰρ δ' ἄρα μιν Ταφίων πρίατο 14.452
; ἀρέομαι πὰρ μὲν Σαλαμῖνος Ἀθαναίων χάριν Pi.P.1.76
; εὑρέσθαι τι π. τῶν θεῶν Isoc.9.14
, cf. IG12.40.10; δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, ἁρπάζειν π. τινός, Th.1.20, X.Oec.9.11, Hes.Th. 914; ἀντιάσαι, αἰτήσασθαι π. τινός, S.El. 870 (lyr.), X.HG3.1.4; ἀξιοῖ π. τοῦ ἰατροῦ φάρμακον πιὼν ἐξεμέσαι τὸ νόσημα Pl.R. 406d
; κόσμος τοῖς πράξασι γίγνεται π. τῶν ἀκουσάντων Id.Mx. 236e
: without Verb, ὁ καρπὸς ὁ π. τῶν δημάρχων IG12.76.27
: with Verbs of learning, etc., μεμαθηκέναι π. τινῶν Hdt.2.104
, etc.

4 with [voice] Pass. Verbs, πὰρ Διὸς.. μῆνις ἐτύχθη Il.15.122
; π. θεῶν ἡ τοιαύτη μανία δίδοται Pl.Phdr. 245c
, etc.; τὰ π. τῶν θεῶν σημαινόμενα, συμβουλευόμενα, X.Cyr.1.6.2; τὰ π. τινὸς λεγόμενα ib.6.1.42; τὰ π. τῆς τύχης δωρηθέντα the presents of.., Isoc.4.26; με π. σοῦ σοφίας πληρωθήσεσθαι Pl.Smp. 175e
.

III rarely for παρά c. dat., by, near, πὰρ ποδός Pi.P.10.62
, 3.60; παρὰ δὲ κυανέων πελαγέων dub. l. in S.Ant. 966 (lyr.); τὸν Ῥειτὸν τὸν παρὰ τοῦ ἄστεως IG12.81.5
; πολλοὶ παρ' ἀμφοτέρων ἔπιπτον, = ἀμφοτέρωθεν, D.S.19.42.

IV π. τῆς συγχωρήσεώς τινος without his consent, BCH46.337 ([place name] Teos).

B WITH DAT. denoting rest by the side of any person or thing, answering the question where?

I of Places, κατ' ἂρ ἕζετ'.. πὰρ πυρί, ἔκειτο π. σηκῷ, Od.7.154, 9.319; νέμονται π. πέτρῃ 13.408
; ἑσταότες παρ ὄχεσφιν Il.8.565
; πὰρ ποσὶ μαρναμένων ἐκυλίνδετο at their feet, 14.411, etc.; π. θύρῃσι at the door, 7.346; π. ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης 2.773
; δεῖπνον.. εἵλοντο παρ' ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο Od.6.97
, cf. Il.4.475, 20.53, etc.; κεῖσθαι παρ' Ἅιδῃ S.OT 972
; παρ' οἴνῳ over wine, ib. 780, etc.

II of persons, beside, πὰρ δὲ οἷ αὐτῷ εἷσε Θεοκλύμενον Od.15.285
; κεῖτο παρὰ μνηστῇ ἀλόχῳ Il.9.556
, cf. 6.246, etc.; παρ' ἀνδράσιν εὐνάζεσθαι Od.5.119
; δαίνυσθαι π. τινί 8.243
; πὰρ δέ οἱ ἑστήκει stood by him, Il.4.367.

2 at one's house or place, with one, μένειν π. τισί 9.427
; θητευέμεν ἄλλῳ, ἀνδρὶ παρ' ἀκλήρῳ Od.11.490
; φιλέεσθαι π. τινί Il.13.627
; παρ' ἑωυτοῖσι at their own house, Hdt.1.105, cf. 86; παιδευθῆναι π. τινί X.Cyr.1.2.15
; καταλύειν π. τινί D.18.82
(but παρά τινα καταλῦσαι Th.1.136
), etc.: hence οἱ παρ' ἐμοί those of my household, X.Mem.2.7.4, etc.; τὰ παρ' ἐμοί life with me, Id.An. 1.7.4; οἱ παρ' ἡμῖν ἄνθρωποι our people, Pl.Phd. 64b; ἡ παρ' ἡμῖν πολιτεία, ὁ παρ' ὑμῖν δῆμος, D.15.19; ὁ παρ' αὑτῷ βίοτος one's own life, S.OT 612; τὸ παρ' ἡμῖν πῦρ Pl.Phlb. 29f
; ὅσος παρ' ὑμῖν ὁ φθόνος φυλάσσεται S.OT 382
; τὸ παρ' ἡμῖν σῶμα Pl.Phlb. 29f
; also, in one's hands, τὰ π. τοῖς Ἑλληνοταμίαις ὄντα IG12.91.6
; ἔχειν παρ' ἑωυτῷ Hdt. 1.130
, etc.; οὔπω παρ' ἐμοὶ τότ' ἦν λέγειν I had no right to speak then, Men.Epit.98.

3 before, in the presence of, ἤειδε π. μνηστῆρσιν Od. 1.154
; before a judge, δίκας γίγνεσθαι π. τῷ πολεμάρχῳ IG12.16.9
; π. Δαρείῳ κριτῇ Hdt.3.160
; π. τῷ βασιλέϊ Id.4.65
; παρὰ δικασταῖς Th. 1.73
; εἰς κρίσιν καθιστάναι τινὰ π. τισί D.18.13
: hence παρ' ἐμοί in my judgement, Hdt.1.32, cf. S.Tr. 589, E.Heracl. 881, 1 Ep.Cor.3.19; π. τούτῳ μέγα δυνήσεται with him, Pl.Grg. 510e.

4 in quoting authors, παρ' Ἐφόρῳ, παρ' Αἰσχίνῃ, π. Θουκυδίδῃ, in Ephorus, etc., Plb. 9.2.4, D.H.Comp.9,18.

III Arc., = π. c. gen., from, καθὰ εἶχον τὰς ἰντολὰς π. τᾷ ἰδίᾳ πόλι SIG559.9
(Megalop., iii B. C.), cf. 558.10 (Ithaca, iii B. C.).

C WITH ACCUS. in three main senses,

I beside, near, by,

II along,

III past, beyond.

I beside, near, by:

1 with Verbs of coming, going, etc., to the side of, to, ἴτην π. νῆας Il.1.347
, cf. 8.220, etc.; βῆ.. π. θῖνα 1.34
, cf. 327, etc.; τρέψας πὰρ ποταμόν to the side of.., 21.603, cf. 3.187: more freq. of persons, εἶμι παρ' Ἥφαιστον to the chamber of H., 18.143, cf. Od.1.285, etc.; ἐσιόντες π. τοὺς φίλους Th.2.51
, etc.; φοιτᾶν π. τὸν Σωκράτη Pl.Phd. 59d
; πέμπειν ἀγγέλους, πρέσβεις π. τινά, Hdt. 1.141, Th.1.58, etc.; ἄγειν π. τινά Hdt.1.86
; καταφυγὴ π. φίλων τινάς Th.2.17
.

2 with Verbs of rest, beside, near, by, sts. with ref. to past motion (expressed in such phrases as ἧσο παρ' αὐτὸν ἰοῦσα Il.3.406
, cf. 11.577), ἔς ῥα θρόνους ἕζοντο παρ' Ἀτρεΐδην Μενέλαον Od.4.51
, cf. 13.372; κεῖται ποταμοῖο παρ' ὄχθας lies stretched beside.., Il.4.487, cf. 12.381; παρ' ἔμ' ἵστασο come and stand by me, 11.314, cf. 592, 20.49, etc.; π. πυθμέν' ἐλαίης θῆκαν Od.13.122
; καταθέτω π. τὰ ἴκρια IG12.94.28
; κοιμήσαντο π. πρυμνήσια they lay down by.., Od.12.32, cf. 3.460; ὁ παρ' ἐμὲ καθήμενος Pl.Euthd. 271b
, cf. Phd. 89b; ἐκάθητο π. τὴν πύλην, π. τὴν ὁδόν, LXX Ge.19.1, Ev.Marc. 10.46; παρ' αὐτὸν τὸν καλέσαντα κατακείμενος δειπνῆσαι Thphr.Char. 21.2
, cf. Pl.Smp. 175c; ἐκαθέζετο π. τὸν Λύσιν Id.Ly. 211a
, cf. R. 328c; στὰς παρ' αὐτόν Id.Phd. 116c
; τέμενος νεμόμεσθα.. παρ' ὄχθας Il.12.313
, cf. 6.34, IG12.943.45; τοῦ Εὐρίπου, παρ' ὃν ᾤκει Aeschin.3.90
; κατελείφθη π. τὸν νηόν Hdt.4.87
; τὴν παρ' ἐμὲ ἐοῦσαν δύναμιν Id.8.140
.ά (v.l. ἐμοί) ; εἶπεν αὐτῷ μένειν παρ' ἑαυτόν X.Cyr.1.4.18
, cf. An.1.9.31, Ar.Fr. 451, Is.8.16, Alex.248, Demetr.Com. Nov.1.5, IG22.654.23 (iii B. C.), Plb.3.26.1, 11.14.3, 28.14.3; ἡ π. θάλασσαν Μακεδονία Th.2.99
, cf. S.El. 184 (lyr.), Tr. 636 (lyr.); Καρβασυανδῆς π. Καῦνον IG12.204.52
; τὸ κουρεῖον τὸ π. τοὺς Ἑρμᾶς Lys.23.3
, cf. And.1.62, Is.6.20, 8.35, Aeschin. 1.182, 3.88, Lycurg.112; τᾶς παστάδος τᾶς παρ' Ἀπόλλωνα IG42
(1).109 iii 146 (Epid.); παρ' ὄμμα before one's eyes, E.Supp. 484; π. πόδας on the spot, Phld.Ir.p.78 W., Rh.2.2 S.; immediately thereafter, Plb.1.7.5, 1.8.2, al.

b [dialect] Dor., [dialect] Boeot., and Thess., = supr. B. 11.2, at the house of.., with a person, IG7.3171.7 (Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.), GDI 1717 (Delph.); παρ' ἁμὲ πολυτίματος [ὁ σῖτος] Ar.Ach. 759 (Megar.); τοῖς κατοικέντεσσι πὰρ ἀμμέ IG9(2).517.18
(Larissa, iii B. C.); τοῖ πὰρ ἀμμὲ πολιτεύματος ib.13; πεπολιτευκὼρ πὰρ ἁμέ Schwyzer 425.5
(Elis, iii/ii B. C.): so in [dialect] Att., θέμενος π. γυναῖκας depositing with.., Pl. R. 465c.

3 with Verbs of striking, wounding, etc., βάλε στῆθος π. μαζόν Il.4.480
, etc.; τὸν δ' ἕτερον.. κληῗδα παρ' ὦμον πλῆξε 5.146
; τύψε κατὰ κληῗδα παρ' αὐχένα 21.117
, cf. 4.525, 8.325, etc.; αἰχμὴ δ' ἐξελύθη παρὰ νείατον ἀνθερεῶνα 5.293
, cf. 17.310; δησάμενος τελαμῶνι π. σφυρόν ib. 290.

4 with Verbs of placing, examining, etc., side by side with.., ὁ ἔλεγχος π. τὸν ἔλεγχον παραβαλλόμενος Pl.Grg. 475e
, cf. Hp.Mi. 369c, Smp. 214c, R. 348a; ἐξέτασον παρ' ἄλληλα τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα D.18.265
; ἄλλα παρ' ἄλλατιθέμενα.. τῶν χρωμάτων Arist.Mete. 375a24
.

b Geom., παραβάλλειν π. apply an area to (i. e. along) a finite straight line, Euc.1.44, Archim.Aequil.2.1; π. τὴν δοθεῖσαν αὐτοῦ γραμμὴν παρατείναντα Pl. Men. 87a
; ἡ [εὐθεῖα] παρ' ἣν δύνανται αἱ καταγόμεναι τεταγμένως the line to which are applied the squares of the or dinates, etc., Apollon. Perg.Con.1.11: hence,

c Arith., παραβάλλειν τι π. τι divide by.. (v. παραβάλλω A.
VII. 2); μερίζω τι π. τι Dioph.4.33
; ἐπὶ γ π. ί multiply by 3 and divide by 10, PLond.5.1718.2 (vi A. D.).

5 Geom., parallel to.., Democr.155, Arist. Top. 158b31, Archim.Sph. Cyl.1.12, al.

6 metaph. in Gramm., like, as a parody of.., π. τὸ Σοφόκλειον, π. τὰ ἐν Τεύκρῳ Σοφοκλέους, Sch.Ar.Av. 1240, Nu. 584.

b Gramm., of words which differ as compared with other words, π. τὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος ὄνομα σμικρὸν παρηγμένον ἐστίν.. [τὸ ἥρως] Pl.Cra. 398d, cf. 399a, Lg. 654a: hence, derived from.., π. τὸ ἔδαφος, δάπεδον, A.D. Pron.31.16; π. τὸ δρῶ δρᾶμα Sch.A.R.2.624; σύγκειται [τὸ αὐθέντης] π. τὸ εἷναι.. καὶ π. τὸ αὐτός Phryn.PSp.24
B.

7 generally, of Comparison, alongside of, compared with, usu. implying superiority, δοκέοντες π. ταῦτα οὐδ' ἂν τοὺς σοφωτάτους ἀνθρώπων Αἰγυπτίους οὐδὲν ἐπεξευρεῖν Hdt.2.160
, cf. 7.20, 103; ἡλίου ἐκλείψεις αἳ πυκνότεραι π. τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πρὶν χρόνου μνημονευόμενα ξυνέβησαν Th.1.23
, cf. 4.6; τῶν ἁπάντων ἀπερίοπτοί εἰσι π. τὸ νικᾶν Id.1.41
; π. τὰ ἄλλα ζῷα ὥσπερ θεοὶ ἄνθρωποι βιοτεύουσι X.Mem.1.4.14
; φαίνεται π. τὸ ἀλγεινὸν ἡδὺ καὶ π. τὸ ἡδὺ ἀλγεινὸν ἡ ἡσυχία Pl.R. 584a
, cf. Phdr. 236d, La. 183c, al.; εὐδαίμων μᾶλλον π. πάντας BCH26.332
([place name] Halae); προετέρει π. πάντας PSI 4.422.34
(iii B. C.): sts. implying inferiority or defect, ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους a little lower than the angels, LXX Ps. 8.6; μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ὑστεροῦσι π. τὸν ἥλιον lag one day behind the sun, Gem.8.19; so perh. παρ' αὐτόν, ὑπὲρ αὐτόν (has passed the ball?) short of him, beyond him, Antiph.234; μέγα τοι ἡμέρα παρ' ἡμέραν γιγνομένη γνώμην ἐξ ὀργῆς μεταστῆσαι one day compared with another is important.., a day's delay makes a difference, Antipho 5.72; τί γὰρ παρ' ἦμαρ ἡμέρα τέρπειν ἔχει προσθεῖσα κἀναθεῖσα τοῦ γε κατθανεῖν; what joy has one day compared with another to offer, since it only brings us nearer to, or farther from, death (which is neither good nor evil)? S.Aj. 475; ὃς μὲν κρίνει (prefers) ἡμέραν παρ' ἡμέραν, ὃς δὲ κρίνει (approves) πᾶσαν ἡμέραν Ep.Rom.14.5
.

8 with Verbs of estimating, to set at so and so much, hence π. = equivalent to.., ταρβῶ μὴ.. θῆται παρ' οὐδὲν τὰς ἐμὰς ἐπιστολάς set at nought, E.IT 732, cf. A. Ag. 229 (lyr.); παρ' οὐδὲν ἄγειν S.Ant.35
; π. μικρὸν ἡγεῖσθαι or ποιεῖσθαί τι hold of small account, Isoc.5.79, D.61.51; παρ' ὀλίγον ποιεῖσθαί τινα X.An.6.6.11
; so with εἶναι, etc., παρ' οὐδέν ἐστι are as nothing, S.OT 983, cf. Ant. 466; παρ' οὐδὲν αὐταῖς ἦν ἂν ὀλλύναι πόσεις E.Or. 569
; οὐ π. μέγα ἔσεσθαι τὸ πταῖσμα Arr.An.1.18.6
; so perh. π. σμικρὰ κεχώρηκε have turned out of little account, have amounted to little, Hdt.1.120.

b in Accountancy, without a verb, π. τὴν καταλλαγήν on account of κ., PHib.1.100.4 (iii B. C.).

9 of correspondence, ὀφείλειν στατῆρα π. στατῆρα stater for stater (one to each of two creditors), BCH50.214 (Thasos, v B. C.); πληγὴν π. πληγὴν ἑκάτερον Ar.Ra. 643
; συνεῖναι ἑκατέρῳ ἡμέραν παρ' ἡμέραν stayed day for day with each, D.59.46; hence of alternation, ποιεῖσθαι ἁγνείας καὶ θυσίας δύο π. δύο, of four priests acting two and two alternately, BGU1198.12 (i B. C.); τοῦ καθημερινοῦ ἢ μίαν π. μίαν (sc. ἡμέραν) [πυρετοῦ] quotidian or tertian fever, ib.956.3 (iii A. D.): sts. without doubling of the Noun, παρ' ἡμέρην, opp. καθ' ἡμέρην, tertian, opp. quotidian, Hp.Aph.1.12; καθ' ἡμέραν, παρ' ἡμέραν, π. δύο, π. τρεῖς every day, every second day, every third (fourth) day, Arr.Epict.2.18.13; π. μίαν every second day, Plb.3.110.4; παρ' ἐνιαυτόν every second year, Plu.Cleom.15; παρ' ἔτος year and year about, Arist.GA 757a7; every second year, Paus.8.15.2; π. μέρος by turns (v. μέρος II. 2); ὁ ἀνὰ μέρος παρ' ἓξ μῆνας ὑπὲρ γῆν τε καὶ ὑπὸ γῆν γινόμενος Ἄδωνις Corn. ND28
; π. μῆνα τρίτον every third month, Arist.HA 582b4, cf. Plu.2.942e; but π. τρία [ἔτεα] prob. every fourth year, IG5(2).422 ([place name] Phigalea), cf. Arr.Epict. l.c.; ἕνα παρ' ἕνα παραλειπτέον every second one, Nicom.Ar.1.18; ἕνα π. δύο ([etym.] τρεῖς) every third (fourth) one, ibid.; παρὰ δ' ἄλλαν ἄλλα μοῖρα διώκει now one now another, E.Heracl. 611.

10 precisely at the moment of, παρ' αὐτὰ τἀδικήματα flagrante delicto, D.18.13, 21.26; ἀποδώσω π. τὸν εὔθυνον τὸ καθῆκον IG12.188.31
; π. τοιοῦτον καιρόν, π. τὰς χρείας, D.20.41,46; π. τὰ δεινά in the midst of danger, Plu.Ant.63; π. τὴν πρώτην γένεσιν Jul.Or.1.10b
; π. τὴν πρώτην (sc. ἐπίθεσιν) at the first attack, Hld.9.2; π. γε τὴν πρώτην ὁρμήν Ael.NA14.10
.

b distributively, whether of Time, π. τὰ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα in each complete period of seventy years, Hdt.1.32; ἐν ταῖς ὁδοιπορίαις π. στάδια διακόσια.. τοῖς ἑκατὸν σταδίοις διήνεγκαν ἀλλήλων X.Oec.20.18
; πὰρ Ϝέτος each year, every year, Tab.Heracl. 1.101; π. τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ἕκαστον IG12(7).5.14
([place name] Amorgos); παρ' ἆμάρ τε καὶ νύκτα day and night, B.Fr.7; or more generally, πὰρ τὰν ἐλαίαν in respect of each olive plant, Tab.Heracl.1.122; παρ' ἡμέραν αἱ ἀμίαι πολὺ ἐπιδήλως αὐξάνονται from day to day, per day, Arist.HA 571a21; τὸ παρ' ἑκάστην βάσιν γινόμενον μικρὸν πολὺ γίνεται π. πολλάς Id.Pr. 881b26
; ἡ παρ' ἡμέραν χάρις D.8.70
; τὸ παρ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἡδύ Pl. Lg. 705a
.

c παρ' ἆμαρ on (this) day, to-day, τὸ μὲν πὰρ ἆμαρ, τὸ δέ .. to-day and to-morrow, Pi.P.11.63; but παρ' ἦμαρ to-morrow, S. OC 1455 (lyr.).

d throughout a period of time, π. τὴν ζόην Hdt. 7.46
; π. τὸν βίον ἅπαντα Pl.Lg. 733a
; π. πάντα τὸν χρόνον D.18.10
; also more loosely, during, π. τὴν πόσιν while they were drinking, Hdt.2.121.
δ; π. τὸν πότον Aeschin.2.156
; π. τὴν κύλικα Plu.Ant.24
; π. δεῖπνον or π. τὸ δεῖπνον, Id.2.737a,674f.

II along, ὄνος παρ' ἄρουραν ἰών Il.11.558
; βῆ δὲ θέειν π. τεῖχος 12.352
; π. ῥόον Ὠκεανοῖο ᾔομεν Od. 11.21
; ἔπλεον π. τὴν ἤπειρον Hdt.7.193
; π. πᾶσαν τὴν ὁδόν Isoc.4.148
; ὀρθὴν παρ' οἶμον.. τύμβον κατόψει straight along the road, E.Alc. 835; παρ' ὅλην τὴν φάραγγα Plb.10.30.3
; παρ' αὐτὴν τὴν χαράδραν παραπορευομένων ib.9; for παραβάλλειν π., v. supr. c. 1.4b.

2 strictly according to, without deviating from, εἶμι π. στάθμην ὀρθὴν ὁδόν Thgn. 945
, cf. S.Fr.474.5; ὠμοί τε δούλοις πάντα καὶ π. στάθμην, i.e. too strict, A.Ag. 1045; π. τὸν λόγον ὃν ἀποφέρουσιν.. ἐπιδείξω I will prove to you strictly according to the accounts which they themselves submit, D.27.34.

III past, beyond, παρὰ σκοπιὴν καὶ ἐρινεὸν ἠνεμόεντα.. ἐσσεύοντο Il.22.145
, cf. Od.3.172, 24.12; βῆ δὲ π. Κρουνούς h.Ap. 425
; π. τὴν Βαβυλῶνα παριέναι pass by Babylon, X.Cyr.5.2.29; παρ' αὐτὴν τὴν χύτραν ἄκραν ὁρῶντες looking over the edge of.., Ar.Av. 390.

2 metaph., over and above, in addition to, οὐκ ἔστι π. ταῦτ' ἄλλα Id.Nu. 698
; π. ταῦτα πάντα ἕτερόν τι Pl.Phd. 74a
, cf.R. 337d, D.18.139, X.HG 1.5.5; ἑκὼν ἐπόνει π. τοὺς ἄλλους more than the others, Id.Ages.5.3, cf. Mem.4.4.1, Oec.20.16; ἃ τῷ ῥαψῳδῷ προσήκει καὶ σκοπεῖσθαι καὶ διακρίνειν π. τοὺς ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους Pl. Ion 539e
.

3 metaph., in excess over, πὰρ δύναμιν beyond one's strength, Il.13.787, cf. Th.1.70, Hyp.Lyc.16, Arist.Rh.Al. 1423b29; π. τὴν δ. Id.Po. 1451b38
.

4 metaph., in transgression or violation of, π. μοῖραν Od.14.509
; π. μοῖραν Δίος Alc.Supp. 14.10
; παρ' αἶσαν, παρὰ δίκαν, Pi.P.8.13, O.2.16, etc.; π. τὸ δίκαιον Th.5.90
, etc.; π. τὰς σπονδάς, τὸν νόμον, Id.1.67, X.HG1.7.14; π. φύσιν Th.6.17
, cf. Pl.Lg. 747b; π. τὴν στήλην prob. in IG12.45.20; π. καιρόν out of season, Pi.O.8.24, etc.; π. γνώμαν ib.12.10, cf. A.Supp. 454; π. δόξαν, π. τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν, π. λόγον, Th.3.93, 1.84, Plb.2.38.5; παρ' ἐλπίδα or ἐλπίδας, A.Ag. 899, S.Ant. 392, etc.; πὰρ μέλος out of tune, Pi.N.7.69; π. τὴν ἀξίαν Th.7.77
, etc.; π. τὸ εἰωθός, τὸ καθεστηκός, Id.4.17, 1.98.

5 π. τοσοῦτον ἦλθε κινδύνου, = παρῆλθε τοσοῦτον κινδύνου, passed over so much ground within the sphere of danger, i.e. incurred such imminent peril, Id.3.49, cf. 7.2; in such phrases the tmesis was forgotten, and the acc. came to be governed by παρά, which thus came to mean 'by such and such a margin', ' with so much to spare', ἐνίκησαν π. πολύ, ἡσσηθέντες π. πολύ, Id.1.29, 2.89, cf. Pl. Ap. 36a; παρὰ δ' ὀλίγον ἀπέφυγες only just, E.IT 870 (lyr.); παρ' ὀλίγον ἢ διέφευγον ἢ ἀπώλλυντο Th.7.71
; δεινότατον π. πολύ by far, Ar.Pl. 445; παρ' ὅσον quatenus, Luc.Nec.17, etc.; π. δύο ψήφους ἀπέφυγε by two votes, Hyp.Eux.28, cf. D.23.205; π. τέτταρας ψήφους μετέσχε τῆς πόλεως Is.3.37
; π. τοσοῦτον ἐγένετο αὐτῷ μὴ περιπεσεῖν by so much (= little) he missed falling in with.., Th.8.33; π. πέντε ναῦς πλέον ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ ἢ τρεῖς ὀβολοὶ ὡμολογήθησαν ib.29; οὐ π. μικρὸν ἐποίησαν they made no little difference, Isoc.4.59.

b in phrases like π. τοσοῦτον ἦλθε κινδύνου, τοσοῦτον was sts. understood of the interval from danger, etc., and παρά came to mean 'by so much short of' (τὸ π. μικρὸν ὥσπερ οὐδὲν ἀπέχειν δοκεῖ Arist.Ph. 197a29
), within such and such a distance of, so near to, τὴν Ἠϊόνα π. νύκτα ἐγένετο (sc. αὐτῷ) λαβεῖν he was within one night of taking E., Th.4.106; π. μικρὸν ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν I came within a little of.., Isoc. 19.22, cf. Plb.1.43.7, Plu. Caes. 39; παρ' ἐλάχιστον ἦλθε.. ἀφελέσθαι was within an ace of taking away, Th.8.76; παρ' οὐδὲν μὲν ἦλθον ἀποκτεῖναι (were within a mere nothing, within an ace of killing him), ἐξεκήρυξαν δ' ἐκ πόλεως Aeschin. 3.258
, cf. Plu.Pyrrh. 14, Alex.62; π. τοσοῦτον ἦλθε διαφυγεῖν so near he came to escaping, Luc.Cat.4; παρὰ ἓν πάλαισμα ἔδραμε νικᾶν Ὀλυμπιάδα Hdt.9.33
; παρ' οὐδὲν ἐλθόντες τοῦ ἀποβαλεῖν Plb.1.45.14
, cf. 2.55.4, D.S.17.42: hence without ἐγένετο or ἐλθεῖν, π. μίαν μονάδα (less) by one, i.e. less one, Nicom.Ar.1.8; τεσσαράκοντα π. μίαν, = 39, 2 Ep.Cor.11.24; παρ' ἕνα τοσοῦτοι the same number less one, Plu. Publ.9; σύ μοι παρ' ἕνα ἥκεις ἄγων you have brought me one too few, Luc.Cat.4; δύναται π. δύο συλλαβὰς εἶναι τὸ καταληκτόν Heph.4.2
; τὰ ὁλοκόττινα ηὑρέθησαν π. ἑπτὰ κεράτια seven carats short, PMasp.70.2 (vi A. D.); πάντες παρ' ἕνα, πάντες παρ' ὀλίγους, all save one (a few), Plu.Cat.Mi.20, Ant.5; ἔτη δύο π. ἡμέρας δύο IG5(1).801
([place name] Laconia); of one Μάρκος, θηρίον εἶ π. γράμμα you are a bear ([etym.] ἄρκος) all but a letter, AP11.231 (Ammian.); ὡς π. τι καὶ τὰς ὄψεις ἀφανίσαι so that he all but (lit. less something) lost his sight, Vett.Val.228.6; π. τι βυθίζεσθαι v.l. in Ev.Luc.5.7; τὸ π. τοῦτο the figure less that, i.e. the remainder or difference, PTeb.99.10 (ii B. C.), cf. POxy.264.4 (i A. D.), PAmh.2.148.5 (v A. D.); hence of any difference whether of excess or defect, οὐδὲν π. τοῦτο ποιούμενοι τοὺς.. Λευκανούς τε καὶ τοὺς.. Σαυνίτας making no difference between.., Str.6.1.3, cf. 14.5.11, Plu.2.24c.

6 hence of the margin by which anything increases or decreases, and so of the cause according to which anything comes into existence or varies, τὸ εὖ π. μικρὸν διὰ πολλῶν ἀριθμῶν γίνεται Polyclit.2
(cf. μικρός III. 5 c); διαφέρει π. τὰς τῶν παθημάτων ἐναντιώσεις according to.., Arist.HA 486b5; μεταπίπτει π. τὰ κλίματα Gem. 5.29
, cf. 11.5, al.; π. τὰ πράγματα cj. in Apollod.Car.11.

7 more generally of the margin by which an event occurs, i.e. of the necessary and sufficient cause or motive (τὸ μὴ π. τοῦτο γίνεσθαι τότε λέγομεν, ὅταν ἀναιρεθέντος τούτου μηδὲν ἧττον περαίνηται ὁ συλλογισμός Arist.APr. 65b6
, cf. 48a24, al.), κεινὰν π. δίαιταν just for the sake of unsatisfying food, Pi.O.2.65; ἕκαστος οὐ π. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀμέλειαν οἴεται βλάψειν each thinks that his own negligence will not suffice to cause injury, Th.1.141, cf. Isoc.3.48; π. τὴν αὑτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν all through his own fault, Antipho 3.4.5, cf. Isoc.6.52, D.4.11, 18.232; πολλὰ.. ἐστιν αἴτια τούτων, καὶ οὐ παρ' ἓν οὐδὲ δύ' εἰς τοῦτο τὰ πράγματ' ἀφῖκται not from one or two causes only, Id.9.2; οὐ π. τοῦτο οὐκ ἔστι it does not follow that it is not.., 1 Ep.Cor.12.15; π. τὸ τὴν ἀρίθμησιν ποιήσασθαι ἐξ ἑτοίμου τοὺς ἐργώνας οὐκ ὀλίγα χρήματα περιεποίησε τῇ πόλει by the simple fact of prompt payment, IPE12.32B35 (Olbia, iii B. C.); οὐδὲν ἂν παρ' ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο τούτων Lycurg.63
, cf. Plb.3.103.2, 18.28.6, al.; οὐδεὶς παρ' ἑαυτόν ἐστι βασιλεύς thanks to himself alone, Aristeas 224; παρ' αὑτὸν ἀτυχεῖ Arr.Epict.3.24.2
, cf. Phld.Rh.2.16 S.; παρ' ἡμᾶς ἡ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπόστασις Hierocl. in CA25p.477M.
; εἶναι π. τοῦτο σωτηρίαν τε πόλει καὶ τοὐναντίον, i.e. on this depends.., Pl.Lg. 715d, cf. X.Eq.Mag.1.5, D.C.Fr.36.5; π. μίαν ἡμέραν καὶ ἓν πρᾶγμα καὶ ἀπόλλυται προκοπὴ καὶ σῴζεται Epict.Ench.51.2
; π. τὸ Ἕλληνά με εἶναι just because I am a Greek, UPZ7.13 (ii B. C.); π. τὸ ἀγαπᾶν αὐτὸν αὐτήν LXX Ge.29.20
, cf. Ex.14.11; later more loosely, because of.., Phld.Rh.1.158 S., Gem.6.24, etc.; οὐδὲν π. σὲ γέγονε it is no fault of yours, PRyl.243.6 (ii A. D.), cf. POxy.1420.7 (ii A. D.).

8 of a limit of possibility, εἴπερ ἐνεδέχετο π. τοὺς παρόντας καιρούς D.18.239
; πεῖσαι τό γε παρ' αὑτόν to persuade (the judges) so far as in you lies, Arr.Epict.2.2.20; οἴμωζε παρ' ἐμέ as far as I am concerned, for all I care, Ar.Av. 846.

D POSITION: παρά may follow its Subst. in all three cases, but then becomes by anastrophe πάρα: when the ult. is elided, the practice varies, τῇσι παρ' Il.18.400
; but Ἡφαίστοιο πάρ' ib. 191.

E παρά abs., as ADV., near, together, Il.1.611, al., E.IA 201 (lyr.).

F πάρα (with anastrophe) stands for πάρεστι and πάρεισι, Il.1.174, Hes.Op. 454, A.Pers. 167, Hdt.1.42, al., S.El. 285, Ar.Ach. 862, etc.

G IN COMPOS.,

I alongside of, beside, of rest, παράκειμαι, παράλληλοι, παρέζομαι, πάρειμι (εἰμί), παρίστημι; of motion, παραπλέω, πάρειμι ([etym.] εἶμι).

II to the side of, to, παραδίδωμι, παρέχω.

III to one side of, by, past, παρέρχομαι, παροίχομαι, παραπέμπω, παρακμάζω, παρατρέχω.

IV metaph.,

1 aside or beyond, i.e. amiss, wrong, παραβαίνω, παράγω, παροράω, παρορκέω, παρακούω, παραγιγνώσκω.

2 of comparison, as in παραβάλλω, παρατίθημι.

3 of alteration or change, as in παραλλάσσω, παραπείθω, παραπλάσσω, παρατεκταίνω, παραυδάω, παράφημι.

4 of a side-issue, παραπόλλυμι. (Cogn. with Goth. faúr 'along', Lat. por-.)

Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παρά
6 Р-363

ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЁРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому) VP subj: usu. concr or human more often past more often this WO) to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance
X попался Y-y под руку = Y happened to come across X
Y happened upon X person X happened along
(used as obj) всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку - everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on
everything (anything) that came to hand everything (everyone etc) within reach everything (everyone etc) that comes within Yb reach
первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку = the first thing that came to hand
the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on the first thing Yls hand happened to light upon the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик («8 х 8»), он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столбца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of (the chess magazine) 8x8\ he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on, they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). Не read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper, if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Р-363
7 подвернуться под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подвернуться под руку
8 подвертываться под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подвертываться под руку
9 подворачиваться под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подворачиваться под руку
10 попадать под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > попадать под руку
11 попадаться под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > попадаться под руку
12 попасть под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > попасть под руку
13 попасться под руку

• ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)

[VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]

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⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:

- X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;

- Y happened upon X;

- person X happened along;

|| [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;

- everything (anything) that came to hand;

- everything (everyone etc) within reach;

- everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;

|| первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;

- the first thing Y laid his hand(s) on;

- the first thing Y's hand happened to light upon;

- the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.

     ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).

     ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).

     ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).

     ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).

     ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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14 Haar

n; -(e)s, -e

1. hair (auch BOT.); Koll. (Haare, Fell) hair; sie hat braunes Haar oder braune Haare she has brown hair; jemandem / sich die Haare machen umg. do s.o.’s / one’s hair; sich (Dat) die Haare schneiden lassen get a haircut; du musst dir mal die Haare schneiden lassen it’s time you had a haircut; jemanden an den Haaren ziehen pull s.o.’s hair; sich (Dat) die Haare ( aus) raufen auch fig. tear one’s hair (out); ich könnte mir die Haare ausraufen auch I could kick myself; krause Haare, krauser Sinn Sprichw. etwa fuzzy hair, fuzzy thinking; lange Haare, kurzer Verstand Sprichw. etwa long on hair, short on brains

2. nur Sg.; fig.: aufs Haar umg. to a T; sich aufs Haar gleichen umg. look absolutely identical; Personen: auch be as alike as two peas in a pod; um ein Haar oder ums Haar wäre ich überfahren worden umg. I (just) missed being run over by the skin of my teeth, I missed being run over by inches; um ein Haar hätten wir uns verpasst umg. we very nearly missed each other, we came so close to missing one another; er hätte ums Haar gewonnen umg. etc. he came within a whisker ( oder hair) of winning etc.; um kein Haar besser umg. not a bit better; jemandem kein Haar krümmen umg. not touch a hair on s.o.’s head; er ließ kein gutes Haar an ihm umg. he picked ( oder pulled) him to pieces, he didn’t have a good word to say about him; an einem Haar hängen umg. hang by a thread; ( immer) ein Haar in der Suppe finden umg. (always) find something to criticize ( oder quibble about)

3. meist Pl., fig.: Haare spalten pej. split hairs; sie hat Haare auf den Zähnen she’s a really tough nut (Brit. auch customer, Am. auch cookie); sich in die Haare geraten umg. get in each other’s hair; sich in den Haaren liegen umg. be at loggerheads (with each other); heftiger be at each other’s throats; an den Haaren herbeigezogen umg. far- -fetched; sich an den eigenen Haaren aus dem Sumpf ziehen pull o.s. up by the bootstraps, get out of trouble by one’s own unaided efforts; die Haare standen mir zu Berge oder mir sträubten sich die Haare umg. it made my hair stand on end; lass dir deshalb keine grauen Haare wachsen umg. don’t lose any sleep over it; schwer Haare lassen ( müssen) umg. finanziell etc.: suffer heavy losses; (auch leiden müssen) pay dearly; (eins abbekommen) take a real beating, cop it hard umg., Am. get it umg.; jemandem die Haare vom Kopf fressen umg., hum. eat s.o. out of house and home; Haut

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das Haar

(alle Haare) hairs;

(einzelnes Haar) hair

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[haːɐ]
nt -(e)s, -e

1) (= Menschenhaar) hair

sie hat schönes Háár or schöne Hááre — she has nice hair

die Hááre or das Háár schneiden lassen — to have or get one's hair cut, to have a haircut

durch die Hááre fahren — to run one's fingers through one's hair

2) (BOT, ZOOL = Material) hair

3)

(in Wendungen) Hááre auf den Zähnen haben — to be a tough customer (Brit) or cookie (esp US)

Hááre lassen (müssen) — to suffer badly, to come off badly

jdm kein Háár krümmen — not to harm a hair on sb's head

die Hááre wachsen lassen — to grow one's hair

darüber lass dir keine grauen Hááre wachsen — don't worry your head about it, don't lose any sleep over it

er findet immer ein Háár in der Suppe — he always finds something to quibble about

jdm aufs Háár gleichen — to be the spitting image of sb

aufs Háár — they are the spitting image of each other, they're as alike as two peas in a pod

das ist an den Hááren herbeigezogen — that's rather far-fetched

die Hááre raufen — to tear one's hair out

an jdm/etw kein or nicht ein gutes Háár lassen — to pick or pull sb/sth to pieces

in die Hááre geraten or kriegen (inf) — to quarrel, to squabble

in den Hááren liegen — to be at loggerheads (Brit), to be at daggers drawn

jdm die Hááre vom Kopf fressen (inf) — to eat sb out of house and home

er hat mehr Schulden als Hááre auf dem Kopf — he's up to his ears in debt

um kein Háár besser — no better, not a bit or whit better

um ein or ums Háár — very nearly, almost

er hat mich um ein Háár getroffen — he just missed (hitting) me by a hair's breadth

um kein or nicht ein Háár breit — not an inch

See:

→ Berg

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das

1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) hair

2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) hair

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Haar

<-[e]s, -e>

[ha:ɐ̯]

nt

1. (einzelnes Körperhaar) hair

2. sing o pl (gesamtes Kopfhaar) hair no pl, no indef art

sie hat schönes, blondes \Haar she's got lovely blonde hair

graue \Haare bekommen to go grey BRIT [ or esp AM gray]

sich dat die \Haare legen lassen to have one's hair set

sich dat die \Haare [o das \Haar] schneiden lassen to get [or have] one's hair cut

3.

▶ aufs \Haar exactly

die Zwillinge gleichen sich aufs \Haar the twins are as alike as two peas in a pod

▶ sich dat die \Haare ausraufen (fam) to tear one's hair out

▶ jdm stehen die \Haare zu Berge (fam) sb's hair stands on end

▶ um kein \Haar besser not a bit better

▶ sich dat [über etw akk] in die \Haare geraten [o (fam) kriegen] to quarrel [or squabble] [about sth]

▶ sich dat über etw akk keine grauen \Haare wachsen lassen not to lose any sleep over sth

▶ an jdm/etw kein [o nicht ein] gutes \Haar lassen to pick [or pull] sb/sth to pieces

▶ etw an den \Haaren herbeiziehen (fam) to be far-fetched

▶ jdm die \Haare vom Kopf fressen (fam) to eat sb out of house and home fam

▶ krauses \Haar, krauser Sinn frizzy hair, muddled mind

▶ jdm kein \Haar krümmen (fam) not to touch a hair on sb's head

▶ lange \Haare, kurzer Verstand long hair, stunted mind

▶ \Haare lassen müssen (fam) not to escape unscathed

▶ sich dat [wegen einer S. gen] in den \Haaren liegen (fam) to be at loggerheads [about sth]

▶ sich dat die \Haare raufen to tear one's hair

▶ da sträuben sich einem ja die \Haare! (fam) it's enough to make your hair stand on end!

▶ ein \Haar in der Suppe finden (fam) to find fault with sth

▶ um ein [o ums] \Haar within a hair's breadth

▶ \Haare auf den Zähnen haben (fam) to be a tough customer fam

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das; Haar[e]s, Haare

1) (auch Zool., Bot.) hair

blonde Haare od. blondes Haar haben — have fair hair

[sich (Dat.)] das Haar od. die Haare waschen — wash one's hair

sich (Dat.) das Haar od. die Haare schneiden lassen — have or get one's hair cut

ihm geht das Haar aus — he's losing his hair

sich (Dat.) die Haare [aus]raufen — (ugs.) tear one's hair [out]

2) (fig.)

ihr stehen die Haare zu Berge od. sträuben sich die Haare — (ugs.) her hair stands on end

ein Haar in der Suppe finden — (ugs.) find something to quibble about or find fault with

kein gutes Haar an jemandem/etwas lassen — (ugs.) pull somebody/something to pieces (fig. coll.)

Haare auf den Zähnen haben — (ugs. scherzh.) be a tough customer

sich (Dat.) über od. wegen etwas keine grauen Haare wachsen lassen — not lose any sleep over something; not worry one's head about something

er wird dir kein Haar krümmen — (ugs.) he won't harm a hair of your head

das ist an den Haaren herbeigezogen — (ugs.) that's far-fetched

jemandem aufs Haar gleichen — be the spitting image of somebody

sich in die Haare kriegen — (ugs.) quarrel, squabble ( wegen over)

sich (Dat.) in den Haaren liegen — (ugs.) be at loggerheads

um ein Haar — (ugs.) very nearly

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Haar n; -(e)s, -e

1. hair ( auch BOT); koll (Haare, Fell) hair;

sie hat braunes Haar oder

braune Haare she has brown hair;

jemandem/sich die Haare machen umg do sb’s/one’s hair;

sich (dat)

die Haare schneiden lassen get a haircut;

du musst dir mal die Haare schneiden lassen it’s time you had a haircut;

jemanden an den Haaren ziehen pull sb’s hair;

sich (dat)

die Haare (aus)raufen auch fig tear one’s hair (out);

ich könnte mir die Haare ausraufen auch I could kick myself;

krause Haare, krauser Sinn sprichw etwa fuzzy hair, fuzzy thinking;

lange Haare, kurzer Verstand sprichw etwa long on hair, short on brains

2. nur sg; fig:

aufs Haar umg to a T;

sich aufs Haar gleichen umg look absolutely identical; Personen: auch be as alike as two peas in a pod;

um ein Haar oder

ums Haar wäre ich überfahren worden umg I (just) missed being run over by the skin of my teeth, I missed being run over by inches;

um ein Haar hätten wir uns verpasst umg we very nearly missed each other, we came so close to missing one another;

er hätte ums Haar gewonnen umg etc he came within a whisker ( oder hair) of winning etc;

um kein Haar besser umg not a bit better;

jemandem kein Haar krümmen umg not touch a hair on sb’s head;

er ließ kein gutes Haar an ihm umg he picked ( oder pulled) him to pieces, he didn’t have a good word to say about him;

an einem Haar hängen umg hang by a thread;

(immer) ein Haar in der Suppe finden umg (always) find something to criticize ( oder quibble about)

3. meist pl, fig:

Haare spalten pej split hairs;

sie hat Haare auf den Zähnen she’s a really tough nut (Br auch customer, US auch cookie);

sich in die Haare geraten umg get in each other’s hair;

sich in den Haaren liegen umg be at loggerheads (with each other); heftiger be at each other’s throats;

an den Haaren herbeigezogen umg far-fetched;

sich an den eigenen Haaren aus dem Sumpf ziehen pull o.s. up by the bootstraps, get out of trouble by one’s own unaided efforts;

die Haare standen mir zu Berge oder

mir sträubten sich die Haare umg it made my hair stand on end;

lass dir deshalb keine grauen Haare wachsen umg don’t lose any sleep over it;

schwer Haare lassen (müssen) umg finanziell etc: suffer heavy losses; (auch leiden müssen) pay dearly; (eins abbekommen) take a real beating, cop it hard umg, US get it umg;

jemandem die Haare vom Kopf fressen umg, hum eat sb out of house and home;

Haar breit → Haarbreit; → Haut

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das; Haar[e]s, Haare

1) (auch Zool., Bot.) hair

blonde Haare od. blondes Haar haben — have fair hair

[sich (Dat.)] das Haar od. die Haare waschen — wash one's hair

sich (Dat.) das Haar od. die Haare schneiden lassen — have or get one's hair cut

ihm geht das Haar aus — he's losing his hair

sich (Dat.) die Haare [aus]raufen — (ugs.) tear one's hair [out]

2) (fig.)

ihr stehen die Haare zu Berge od. sträuben sich die Haare — (ugs.) her hair stands on end

ein Haar in der Suppe finden — (ugs.) find something to quibble about or find fault with

kein gutes Haar an jemandem/etwas lassen — (ugs.) pull somebody/something to pieces (fig. coll.)

Haare auf den Zähnen haben — (ugs. scherzh.) be a tough customer

sich (Dat.) über od. wegen etwas keine grauen Haare wachsen lassen — not lose any sleep over something; not worry one's head about something

er wird dir kein Haar krümmen — (ugs.) he won't harm a hair of your head

das ist an den Haaren herbeigezogen — (ugs.) that's far-fetched

jemandem aufs Haar gleichen — be the spitting image of somebody

sich in die Haare kriegen — (ugs.) quarrel, squabble ( wegen over)

sich (Dat.) in den Haaren liegen — (ugs.) be at loggerheads

um ein Haar — (ugs.) very nearly

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-e n.

hair n.

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15 près

près [pʀε]

adverb

(dans l'espace, dans le temps) close

• la gare est tout près we're very close to the station

• il habite assez/tout près he lives quite/very near or close

• ne te mets pas trop près don't get too close

• c'est plus/moins près que je ne croyais (espace) it's nearer than/further than I thought ; (temps) it's sooner than/further off than I thought

• c'est terminé à peu de chose près it's more or less finished

• je vais vous donner le chiffre à un centimètre près I'll give you the figure to within about a centimetre

• cela fait 100 € à peu de chose(s) près that comes to 100 euros, or as near as makes no difference

• il n'est plus à 10 minutes près he can wait another 10 minutes

► de près

• il voit mal/bien de près he can't see very well/he can see all right close to

• surveiller qn de près to keep a close watch on sb

• il faudra examiner cette affaire de plus près we must take a closer look at this business

• on a frôlé de très près la catastrophe we came within an inch of disaster

• de près ou de loin [ressembler] more or less

• tout ce qui touche de près ou de loin au cinéma everything remotely connected with cinema► près de near close to

• leur maison est près de l'église their house is near the church

• le plus près possible de la porte as near the door as possible

• une robe près du corps a close-fitting dress

• ils étaient très près l'un de l'autre they were very close to each other

• elle est près de sa mère she's with her mother

• être très près du but to be very close to or near one's goal

• être près de son argent or de ses sous (inf) to be tight-fisted

• il est près de la retraite he's close to or near retirement

• il est près de la cinquantaine he's nearly fifty► ne pas être près de + infinitif

• je ne suis pas près de partir/de réussir at this rate, I'm not likely to be going/to succeed

• je ne suis pas près de recommencer I won't do that again in a hurry

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pʀɛ
1.

adverbe

1) ( non loin dans l'espace) close

la ville est tout près — it's no distance to the town, the town is close by

ce n'est pas tout près — it's quite a way

se raser de près — to have a close shave

2) fig

10 kg, à quelques grammes près — 10 kg, give or take a few grammes

ce roman est plutôt bon, à quelques détails près — this novel is quite good, apart from the odd detail

à ceci or cela près que — except that

il m'a remboursé au centime près — he paid me back to the very last penny

à une voix près, le projet aurait été adopté — the project would have been adopted but for one vote

gagner à deux voix près — to win by two votes

prends ton temps, on n'est pas à cinq minutes près — take your time, five minutes won't make any difference

précis au millimètre près — accurate to within a millimetre [BrE]

à une exception près — with only one exception

à quelques exceptions près — with a few rare exceptions

2.

près de locution prépositive

1) ( dans l'espace) near

elle habite près d'ici — she lives nearby ou near here

être près du but — fig to be close to achieving one's goal

j'aimerais être près de toi — I'd like to be with you

elle est près de lui — ( à ses côtés) she's at his side

2) ( dans le temps) near, nearly

il est près de l'âge de la retraite — he's near retirement age

il est près de minuit — it's nearly midnight

être près de faire — to be about to do

je suis près de penser que — I almost think that

ils étaient près de la victoire — they were close to victory

le problème n'est pas près d'être résolu — the problem is nowhere near solved

3) (par les idées, les sentiments) close (de to)

ils sont très près l'un de l'autre — they are very close

vivre près de la nature — to live close to nature

4) ( presque) nearly, almost

cela coûte près de 500 euros — it costs nearly ou almost 500 euros

3.

de près locution adverbiale closely

regarder de plus près — to take a closer look

suivre quelqu'un de près — to follow somebody closely

surveiller quelqu'un/qch de près — to keep a close eye on somebody/sth

vu de près, cela rassemble à... — seen from close quarters, it looks like...

les concurrents se suivent de près — the competitors are close together

s'intéresser de près à quelque chose — to take a close interest in something

voir la mort de près — to look death in the face, to come close to death

à y regarder de plus près — on closer examination

4.

à peu près locution adverbiale ( presque)

la rue est à peu près vide — the street is practically ou virtually empty

cela coûte à peu près 20 euros — it costs about ou around 20 euros

il y a à peu près une heure qu'il est parti — he left about an hour ago

à peu près de la même façon — in much the same way

à peu près semblables — pretty much the same

cela désigne à peu près n'importe quoi — it refers to just about anything

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pʀɛ adv
1) (pas loin) near

tout près — nearby

J'habite tout près. — I live nearby.

près de — near

Il habite près de la poste. — He lives near the post office.

Assieds-toi près de moi. — Sit down next to me.

près d'ici — near here

Est-ce que c'est près d'ici? — Is it near here?

de près — closely

Il a regardé la photo de près. — He looked closely at the photo.

2) (autres locutions)

près de (= environ) — nearly

Il y avait près de cinq cents spectateurs. — There were nearly 500 spectators.

à qch près; à 1kg près — to within about 1kg

On n'est pas à un jour près. — One day won't make any difference., One day either way won't make any difference.

à peu de choses près — more or less

à cela près que — apart from the fact that

être près de faire — to be on the point of doing

Il était près de le dénoncer. — He was on the point of informing on him.

ne pas être près de faire qch — to be not about to do sth

Je ne suis pas près de lui pardonner. — I'm not about to forgive him.

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près

A adv

1 ( non loin dans l'espace) close; la ville est tout près it's no distance to the town, the town is close by; ce n'est pas tout près it's quite a way; c'est plus près qu'on ne pense it's closer than you'd think; se raser de près to have a close shave;

2 ( non loin dans le temps) les vacances sont tout près maintenant the vacation is nearly here ou upon us;

3 fig cela pèse 10 kg, à quelques grammes près it weighs 10 kg, give or take a few grams; ce roman est plutôt bon, à quelques détails près this novel is quite good, apart from the odd detail; à ceci or cela près que except that; il m'a remboursé au centime près he paid me back to the very last penny; à une minute près, j'avais mon train/je battais mon record I was within a minute of catching my train/breaking my record; à une voix près, le projet aurait été adopté the project would have been adopted but for one vote; gagner/perdre à deux voix près to win/lose by two votes; elles sont semblables, à la couleur près they're the same but for the colour^GB; prends ton temps, on n'est pas à cinq minutes près take your time, five minutes won't make any difference; ils ne sont plus à un vol près one more theft won't make any difference to them; je ne suis pas à un paquet de cigarettes près what does the odd packet of cigarettes matter?; précis au millimètre près accurate to within a millimetre^GB; à une exception près with only one exception; à quelques exceptions près with a few rare exceptions.

B près de loc prép

1 ( dans l'espace) near; j'aimerais être près de toi I'd like to be with you; elle habite près d'ici she lives nearby ou near here; être près du but fig to be close to achieving one's goal; la balle est passée très près du cœur the bullet just missed the heart; près d'elle, un enfant jouait a child was playing near her ou beside her; elle est près de lui ( à ses côtés) she's with him;

2 ( dans le temps) near, nearly; il est près de l'âge de la retraite he's near retirement age; il est près de minuit it's nearly midnight; elle est près de la cinquantaine she's nearly fifty; on est près des vacances maintenant the holidays are nearly here ou upon us; être près de faire to be about to do; je ne suis pas près de recommencer/d'y retourner I'm not about to do that again/to go back there again; être près de partir/sombrer to be about to leave/sink; le jour est près de se lever dawn is about to break; je suis près de penser/croire que I almost think/believe that; être près de réussir/de refuser/d'accepter to be about to succeed/to refuse/to accept, to be on the point of succeeding/of refusing/of accepting; ils étaient près de la victoire they were close to victory; le problème n'est pas près d'être résolu the problem is nowhere near solved;

3 (par les idées, les sentiments) close; elle a toujours été très près de sa mère she has always been very close to her mother; ils sont très près l'un de l'autre they are very close; vivre près de la nature to live close to nature;

4 ( presque) nearly, almost; cela coûte près de 1 000 euros it costs nearly ou almost 1,000 euros; il a cessé de fumer pendant près de 20 ans he didn't smoke for nearly 20 years; cela a nécessité près d'un an de travail it involved nearly a year's work; le chômage touche près de 3 millions de personnes unemployment affects nearly ou almost 3 million people; une toile de près de 2 m sur 3 a canvas measuring almost 2 m by 3; cela fait près d'un mois que j'attends I've been waiting close to ou for nearly a month.

C de près loc adv closely; regarder de plus près to take a closer look; regarder/examiner qch de près to look at/to examine sth closely; observer/suivre qn de près to observe/to follow sb closely; surveiller qn/qch de près to keep a close eye on sb/sth; le coup de fusil a été tiré de très près the shot was fired at close range; voir de près to see clearly close up; vu de près, cela rassemble à… seen from close quarters, it looks like…; les examens/concurrents se suivent de près the exams/competitors are close together; les explosions se succédèrent de près the explosions came in close succession; être lié de près à qch to be closely linked with sth; s'intéresser de près à qch to take a close interest in sth; frôler de près la catastrophe to come close to disaster; ne pas y regarder de trop près not to look too closely; voir la mort de près to look death in the face, to come close to death; à y regarder de plus près on closer examination.

D à peu près loc adv ( presque) la rue est à peu près vide the street is practically ou virtually empty; cela coûte à peu près 200 euros it costs about ou around 200 euros; il y a à peu près une heure qu'il est parti he left about an hour ago, it's about an hour since he left; un groupe d'à peu près 50 personnes a group of about ou some 50 people; je pense à peu près comme toi I think more or less the same as you; à peu près de la même façon in much the same way; à peu près semblables pretty much the same; cela désigne à peu près n'importe quoi it refers to just about anything; c'est à peu près tout that's about the size of it; c'est à peu près tout ce qu'on sait sur cette affaire that's just about all we know about this matter.

[prɛ] adverbe

1. [dans l'espace] near, close

cent mètres plus près one hundred metres nearer ou closer

le bureau est tout près the office is very near ou just around the corner

2. [dans le temps] near, close, soon

jeudi c'est trop près, disons plutôt samedi Thursday is too soon, let's say Saturday

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[prɛ] préposition

(soutenu)

ambassadeur près le Saint-Siège ambassador to the Holy See

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à... près locution correlative

c'est parfait, à un détail près it's perfect but for ou except for one thing

j'ai raté mon train à quelques secondes près I missed my train by a few seconds

vous n'en êtes plus à un procès près what's one more trial to you?

on n'est pas à 50 euros près we can spare 50 euros

tu n'es plus à cinq minutes près another five minutes won't make much difference

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à cela près que locution conjonctive

except that

à peu de choses près locution adverbiale

more or less

à peu de choses près, il y en a cinquante there are fifty of them, more or less ou give or take a few

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à peu près locution adverbiale

1. [environ] about, around

on était à peu près cinquante there were about ou around fifty of us

2. [plus ou moins] more or less

il sait à peu près comment y aller he knows more or less ou roughly how to get there

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de près locution adverbiale

at close range ou quarters

il est rasé de près he's clean-shaven

surveiller quelqu'un de près to keep a close watch ou eye on somebody

frôler quelque chose de près to come within an inch of something

les explosions se sont suivies de très près the explosions took place within seconds of each other

ses enfants se suivent de près her children are close together in age

regarder quelque chose de (très) près

a. (sens propre) to look at something very closely

b. (figuré) to look (very) closely at something, to look carefully into something

étudions la question de plus près let's take a closer look at the problem

cela ressemble, de près ou de loin, à une habile escroquerie however ou whichever way you look at it, it's a skilful piece of fraud

tout ce qui touche, de près ou de loin à everything (which is) even remotely connected with

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près de locution prépositionnelle

1. [dans l'espace] near

assieds-toi près de lui sit near him ou next to him

vêtements près du corps close-fitting ou tight-fitting clothes

[affectivement, qualitativement] close to

les premiers candidats sont très près les uns des autres there's very little difference between the first few candidates

être près de ses sous ou de son argent to be tightfisted

2. [dans le temps]

on est près des vacances it's nearly the holidays

il doit être près de la retraite he must be about to retire

nous étions près de partir we were about to leave

vous êtes près d'avoir deviné you've nearly guessed

je ne suis pas près d'oublier ça I'm not about to ou it'll be a long time before I forget that

3. [environ, presque] nearly, almost

on était près de cinquante there were almost ou nearly fifty of us

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > près
16 inesperadamente

adv.

unexpectedly, suddenly.

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inesperadamente

► adverbio

1 unexpectedly

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ADV (=por sorpresa) unexpectedly; (=de repente) without warning, suddenly

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= unexpectedly, unawares, before I know what's happened, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, at the drop of a hat.

Ex. DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism.

Ex. 'Oh!' the exclamation escaped her unawares.

Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'.

Ex. The election results came like a bolt out of the blue, threatening his loss of power.

Ex. A white bird in the distance was seen to dart down like a bolt from the blue and seize a flying fish in the air.

Ex. Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.

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* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.

* decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

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= unexpectedly, unawares, before I know what's happened, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, at the drop of a hat.

Ex: DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism.

Ex: 'Oh!' the exclamation escaped her unawares.

Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'.

Ex: The election results came like a bolt out of the blue, threatening his loss of power.

Ex: A white bird in the distance was seen to dart down like a bolt from the blue and seize a flying fish in the air.

Ex: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.

* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.

* decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

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inesperadamente

adverb

unexpectedly

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inesperadamente adv

unexpectedly

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inesperadamente adv unexpectedly

Spanish-English dictionary > inesperadamente
17 desagradable

adj.

1 unpleasant.

2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.

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desagradable

► adjetivo

1 disagreeable, unpleasant

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adj.

unpleasant, disagreeable

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ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm

ser desagradable con algn — to be unpleasant to sb

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adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible

estuvo realmente desagradable — he was really unpleasant

no seas tan desagradable! — don't be so mean o unkind!

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= off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.

Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.

Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.

Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.

Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.

Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.

Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.

Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.

Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

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* algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.

* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.

* de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.

* desagradable a la vista = eyesore.

* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* lo desagradable = unpleasantness.

* situación desagradable = unpleasantness.

* sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

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adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible

estuvo realmente desagradable — he was really unpleasant

no seas tan desagradable! — don't be so mean o unkind!

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= off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.

Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.

Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.

Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.

Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.

Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.

Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.

Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

* algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.

* darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.

* de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.

* desagradable a la vista = eyesore.

* encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.

* lo desagradable = unpleasantness.

* situación desagradable = unpleasantness.

* sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

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desagradable

adjective

‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible

estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me

¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance

¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather

hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day

se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise

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desagradable adjetivo
unpleasant;
‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
' desagradable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escopetazo
- fresca
- fresco
- graznido
- grosera
- grosero
- gustillo
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- impresión
- marrón
- palma
- sensación
- terrible
- terrorífica
- terrorífico
- chocante
- ingrato
- mal
- shock
English:
bullet
- business
- creep
- dirty
- disagreeable
- distasteful
- emptiness
- filthy
- hard
- ill-natured
- miserable
- nasty
- off
- off-putting
- rude
- thankless
- ugly
- unkind
- unpleasant
- unsavory
- unsavoury
- unwelcome
- why
- home
- objectionable
- offensive
- painful
- peevish
- unpalatable
- unwholesome

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desagradable

♦ adj

1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;

no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;

una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise

2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;

está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;

no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us

♦ nmf

son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people

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desagradable

adj unpleasant, disagreeable

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desagradable adj

: unpleasant, disagreeable

♦ desagradablemente adv

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desagradable adj unpleasant

Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable
18 frôler

frôler [fʀole]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

a. ( = toucher) to brush against ; ( = passer près de) to skim

• frôler la catastrophe to come within a hair's breadth of a catastrophe

• frôler la victoire to come close to victory

b. ( = confiner à) to border on

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fʀole
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush; [projectile] to graze

2) ( passer près) [balle, pierre, voiture] to miss narrowly; [personne] to brush past [personne]; to brush against [objet, mur]

il a frôlé la mort — he very nearly died

frôler le mauvais goût — to border on bad taste

frôler les 200 km/h — to nearly touch 200km per hour

2.

se frôler verbe pronominal

1) ( se toucher) [personnes, mains, genoux] to brush against each other

2) ( sans se toucher) [objets, voitures, conducteurs] to just miss each other; [personnes] to brush past each other

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fʀole vt
1) (= effleurer) to brush against, [projectile] to skim past

Le chat m'a frôlé au passage. — The cat brushed against me as it went past., The cat brushed past me.

2) fig (= manquer de peu) to come very close to

Nous avons frôlé la catastrophe. — We came very close to disaster.

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frôler verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush; [ballon, balle, pierre] to graze; [voiture, conducteur] to scrape;

2 ( passer près) [balle, ballon, pierre, voiture] to miss narrowly; [personne] to brush past [personne]; to brush against [objet, mur]; to come close to [succès]; to approach [somme, taux]; il a frôlé la mort he came within a hair's breadth of dying, he had a brush with death; ses blagues frôlent le mauvais goût his jokes border on bad taste; l'automobiliste a frôlé les 200 km/h the driver almost reached a speed of 200 km per hour; il frôlait les 200 kg it weighed close to 200 kg.

B se frôler vpr

1 ( se toucher) [personne, main, genou] to brush against each other;

2 ( sans se toucher) [objet, voiture, conducteur] to just miss each other; [personne] to brush past each other; ils se sont frôlés sans se voir they brushed past (each other) without seeing each other.

[frole] verbe transitif

1. [effleurer] to brush, to touch lightly, to graze

l'avion a frôlé les arbres the plane skimmed ou grazed the treetops

il m'a frôlé la joue du doigt he stroked my cheek lightly

la branche lui a frôlé les cheveux the branch brushed against his hair

2. [passer très près de] to come close to touching

3. [échapper à] to come within a hair's breadth ou an ace of, to escape narrowly

frôler la mort to come within a hair's breadth of death ou dying

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se frôler verbe pronominal

(emploi réciproque) to brush against ou to jostle each other

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > frôler
19 dedo

m.

1 finger.

meterse el dedo en la nariz to pick one's nose

¡no señales con el dedo! don't point!

dos dedos de whisky two fingers of whiskey

dedo anular ring finger

dedo corazón o medio middle finger

dedo gordo o pulgar thumb

dedo índice/meñique index/little finger

2 toe.

dedo gordo/pequeño big/little toe

3 fingerbreadth.

4 dactyl, toe.

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dedo

► nombre masculino

1 (de la mano) finger; (del pie) toe

2 (medida) finger, digit

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a dos dedos de figurado only an inch away from

chuparse el dedo (un niño) to suck one's thumb 2 figurado to have been born yesterday

■ a mí no me engañas, que yo no me chupo el dedo you can't fool me, I wasn't born yesterday

elegir a alguien a dedo figurado to hand-pick somebody

estar para chuparse los dedos familiar to be finger-licking good, be mouthwatering

hacer dedo familiar to hitchhike

ir a dedo familiar to hitchhike

meterse los dedos en la nariz to pick one's nose

no mover un dedo figurado not to lift a finger

no tener dos dedos de frente figurado to be as thick as two short planks

pillarse/cogerse los dedos figurado to get caught, get one's fingers burnt

poner el dedo en la llaga figurado to touch on a sore spot

dedo anular ring finger, third finger

dedo del corazón middle finger

dedo gordo (de la mano) thumb 2 (del pie) big toe

dedo índice forefinger, index finger

dedo meñique little finger

dedo pulgar thumb

yema del dedo fingertip

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noun m.

1) finger (hand)

2) toe (foot)

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SM

1) [de mano, guante] finger; [de pie] toe

con la punta o la yema de los dedos — with one's fingertips

apuntar o señalar algo/a algn con el dedo — [señalando] to point at sth/sb; [acusando] to point the finger at sth/sb

meterse el dedo en la nariz — to pick one's nose

a dedo * —

vine a dedo — I hitched here *

he viajado por toda Alemania a dedo — I hitched all round Germany *

ha entrado a dedo — he got the job because he knew somebody, he got the job through contacts

han adjudicado a dedo todas las obras — they handed out all the building contracts to people they knew

- contarse con los dedos

mis amigos se pueden contar con los dedos de una mano — I can count my friends on the fingers of one hand

- dale un dedo y se toma hasta el codo

- escaparse de entre los dedos

- hacer dedo

- hacer dedos

- no levantar o mover un dedo

- pillarse o cogerse los dedos

- poner el dedo en la llaga

- poner el dedo en el renglón

dedo anular — ring finger

dedo auricular — little finger

dedo cordial, dedo (del) corazón, dedo (de en) medio — middle finger

dedo (en) martillo — hammer toe

dedo gordo — [de la mano] thumb; [del pie] big toe

dedo índice — index finger, forefinger

dedo meñique — [de la mano] little finger, pinkie (EEUU, Escocia) *; [del pie] little toe

dedo pulgar — thumb
anillo, chupar, cruzar, ligero
2) (=medida) [de altura, grosor] about an inch ; [de cantidad] drop

cayeron cuatro dedos de nieve — about four inches of snow fell

hay que meterle el bajo unos dos dedos — you'll have to turn up the trousers a couple of inches

ponme un dedo de coñac — give me a drop of brandy

dos deditos nada más — just a little drop

- estar a dos dedos de algo

- no tener dos dedos de frente

si tuvieras dos dedos de frente no te habrías metido en este lío — if you had any sense at all you wouldn't have got into this mess

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masculino

1) (de mano, guante) finger; ( del pie) toe

se podían contar con los dedos — they could be counted on the fingers of one hand

con el dedo: es de mala educación señalar con el dedo it's rude to point; a dedo (fam): ir a dedo to hitchhike, hitch (colloq); recorrió Europa a dedo she hitchhiked around Europe; lo colocaron a dedo they got him the job; chuparse el dedo (fam) to suck one's thumb; ¿tú qué crees? ¿que me chupo el dedo? do you think I was born yesterday?; estar para chuparse los dedos (fam) to be delicious; hacer or (Col) echar dedo (fam) to hitchhike, hitch (colloq); mover or levantar un dedo (fam): es incapaz de mover un dedo para ayudarme he never lifts a finger to help me; no quitar el dedo del renglón (Méx fam) to insist; pillarse los dedos (Esp fam) (en una puerta, etc) to get one's fingers caught; ( en un negocio) to get one's fingers burned (colloq); poner el dedo en el renglón (Méx) to put one's finger on the spot; poner el dedo en la llaga to hit o touch a raw nerve; ponerle el dedo a alguien (Méx arg) to point the finger at somebody; señalar a alguien con el dedo — ( literal) to point at somebody; ( culpar) to point the finger at somebody

- dedo anular/ corazón

- dedo gordo

- dedo índice

- dedo meñique

- dedo pulgar

2) ( como medida)

hay que subirle dos dedos al dobladillo — the hem needs taking up about an inch

para mí sólo un dedo de whisky — just a drop of whiskey for me

no tiene dos dedos de frente — (fam) he hasn't an ounce of common sense

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= finger.

Ex. He then began to tap his fingers nervously on the desk.

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* apuntar con el dedo = point + the fingers at.

* chuparse el dedo = suck + Posesivo + thumb.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* con dedos pegajosos = sticky-fingered.

* cruzar los dedos = cross + Posesivo + fingers.

* dedo acusador = pointing finger.

* dedo del pie = toe.

* dedo gordo del pie, el = big toe, the.

* dedo índice = index finger, forefinger.

* dedo meñique = pinkie, pinkie finger.

* dedo meñique del pie = pinkie toe.

* doblar el dedo = curl up + finger.

* empujar ligeramente con el dedo o un instrumento = poke.

* golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie = tap + fingers.

* hacer dedo = hitch + a ride, thumb + a lift.

* juego de dedos = fingerplay.

* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* nombrado a dedo = hand-picked.

* nombrar a dedo = handpick.

* Nombre/Pronombre + vino como anillo al dedo = it worked out beautifully for + Nombre/Pronombre.

* no tener dos dedos de frente = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* poner el dedo en la llaga = hit + a (raw) nerve, touch on + raw nerve, hit + the nail on the head, strike + home, strike + a nerve, touch on + a sore spot, touch + a (raw) nerve.

* punta del dedo = fingertip.

* repiquetear con los dedos = drum with + fingers.

* señalar con el dedo = point + the fingers at.

* tocado con púa o dedos = plucked.

* venir como anillo al dedo = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea, be right as rain, fit + the bill, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* yema del dedo = finger pad, fingertip.

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masculino

1) (de mano, guante) finger; ( del pie) toe

se podían contar con los dedos — they could be counted on the fingers of one hand

con el dedo: es de mala educación señalar con el dedo it's rude to point; a dedo (fam): ir a dedo to hitchhike, hitch (colloq); recorrió Europa a dedo she hitchhiked around Europe; lo colocaron a dedo they got him the job; chuparse el dedo (fam) to suck one's thumb; ¿tú qué crees? ¿que me chupo el dedo? do you think I was born yesterday?; estar para chuparse los dedos (fam) to be delicious; hacer or (Col) echar dedo (fam) to hitchhike, hitch (colloq); mover or levantar un dedo (fam): es incapaz de mover un dedo para ayudarme he never lifts a finger to help me; no quitar el dedo del renglón (Méx fam) to insist; pillarse los dedos (Esp fam) (en una puerta, etc) to get one's fingers caught; ( en un negocio) to get one's fingers burned (colloq); poner el dedo en el renglón (Méx) to put one's finger on the spot; poner el dedo en la llaga to hit o touch a raw nerve; ponerle el dedo a alguien (Méx arg) to point the finger at somebody; señalar a alguien con el dedo — ( literal) to point at somebody; ( culpar) to point the finger at somebody

- dedo anular/ corazón

- dedo gordo

- dedo índice

- dedo meñique

- dedo pulgar

2) ( como medida)

hay que subirle dos dedos al dobladillo — the hem needs taking up about an inch

para mí sólo un dedo de whisky — just a drop of whiskey for me

no tiene dos dedos de frente — (fam) he hasn't an ounce of common sense

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= finger.

Ex: He then began to tap his fingers nervously on the desk.

* apuntar con el dedo = point + the fingers at.

* chuparse el dedo = suck + Posesivo + thumb.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* con dedos pegajosos = sticky-fingered.

* cruzar los dedos = cross + Posesivo + fingers.

* dedo acusador = pointing finger.

* dedo del pie = toe.

* dedo gordo del pie, el = big toe, the.

* dedo índice = index finger, forefinger.

* dedo meñique = pinkie, pinkie finger.

* dedo meñique del pie = pinkie toe.

* doblar el dedo = curl up + finger.

* empujar ligeramente con el dedo o un instrumento = poke.

* golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie = tap + fingers.

* hacer dedo = hitch + a ride, thumb + a lift.

* juego de dedos = fingerplay.

* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* nombrado a dedo = hand-picked.

* nombrar a dedo = handpick.

* Nombre/Pronombre + vino como anillo al dedo = it worked out beautifully for + Nombre/Pronombre.

* no tener dos dedos de frente = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* poner el dedo en la llaga = hit + a (raw) nerve, touch on + raw nerve, hit + the nail on the head, strike + home, strike + a nerve, touch on + a sore spot, touch + a (raw) nerve.

* punta del dedo = fingertip.

* repiquetear con los dedos = drum with + fingers.

* señalar con el dedo = point + the fingers at.

* tocado con púa o dedos = plucked.

* venir como anillo al dedo = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea, be right as rain, fit + the bill, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* yema del dedo = finger pad, fingertip.

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dedo

masculine

A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (de la mano, de un guante) finger; (del pie) toe

contaba con los dedos he was counting on his fingers

se podían contar con los dedos they could be counted on (the fingers of) one hand

señaló con el dedo lo que quería he pointed to what he wanted

es de mala educación señalar con el dedo it's rude to point

a dedo ( fam): fuimos a dedo hasta la frontera we hitchhiked o ( colloq) hitched to the border

recorrió Europa a dedo she hitchhiked o ( colloq) hitched around Europe

su tío lo colocó a dedo he got a job thanks to some string-pulling by his uncle, his uncle got him the job

le concedieron la subvención a dedo he was awarded the subsidy without following prodedure

chuparse el dedo ( fam); to suck one's thumb

¿tú qué crees? ¿que me chupo el dedo? do you think I was born yesterday?

estar para chuparse los dedos ( fam); to be delicious

hacer or ( Col) echar dedo ( fam) to hitchhike, hitch ( colloq)

había dos chicas haciendo dedo there were two girls trying to hitch a ride o ( BrE) lift

mover or levantar un dedo ( fam): es incapaz de mover un dedo para ayudarme he never lifts a finger to help me

no quitar el dedo del renglón ( Méx fam); to insist

pillarse los dedos ( Esp fam) (en una puerta, etc) to get one's fingers caught; (en un negocio) to get one's fingers burned ( colloq)

poner el dedo en el renglón ( Méx); to put one's finger on the spot

poner el dedo en la llaga to hit a raw nerve

ponerle el dedo a algn ( Méx arg); to point the finger at sb

señalar a algn con el dedo (literal) to point at sb; (culpar) to point the finger at sb; (censurar) to point the finger of scorn at sb

Compuestos:

● dedo anular

ring finger

● dedo corazón or del corazón

middle finger

● dedo gordo

( fam) (del pie) big toe; (de la mano) thumb

● dedo índice

forefinger, index finger

● dedo medio

middle finger

● dedo meñique

little finger, pinkie ( colloq)

● dedo pulgar

thumb

B

(como medida): hay que subirle dos dedos al dobladillo the hem needs taking up about an inch

para mí sólo un dedo de whisky just a drop of whiskey for me

estuvo a dos dedos de perder el trabajo he came very close to losing his job, he came within an ace o an inch of losing his job ( colloq)

dos dedos de frente ( fam): no tiene dos dedos de frente he hasn't an ounce of common sense

cualquiera con dos dedos de frente lo habría entendido anybody with half a brain o with any common sense would have understood it ( colloq)

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dedo sustantivo masculino (de mano, guante) finger;
( del pie) toe;
◊ señalar con el dedo to point;

dedo anular/(del) corazón ring/middle finger;
dedo gordo (fam) ( del pie) big toe;

( de la mano) thumb;
◊ dedo índice forefinger, index finger;

dedo meñique little finger;
dedo pulgar thumb;
a dedo (fam): ir a dedo to hitchhike, hitch (colloq);
recorrió Europa a dedo she hitchhiked around Europe;
hacer dedo (fam) to hitchhike, hitch (colloq);
poner el dedo en la llaga to hit o touch a raw nerve;
señalar a algn con el dedo ( literal) to point at sb;

( culpar) to point the finger at sb
dedo m (de la mano) finger
(del pie) toe
♦ Locuciones: a dedo, (arbitrariamente, sin selección democrática): elegir a alguien a dedo, to give someone a job
ser nombrado (alguien) a dedo, to get a job because of one's contacts
chuparse el dedo, to be born yesterday
hacer dedo, to hitchhike
no tener dos dedos de frente, to be stupid: su hermano no tiene dos dedos de frente, his brother is pretty dim
pillarse los dedos, to get caught red-handed
En español tenemos 20 dedos: 10 de los pies y 10 de las manos (d. pulgar/anular/corazón/índice/meñique, thumb/ ring/ middle/ index/ little finger). En inglés tenemos 10 toes (dedos de los pies), 8 fingers (dedos) y 2 thumbs (pulgares).
' dedo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esguince
- índice
- llaga
- meñique
- nombrar
- padrastro
- pillarse
- pulgar
- punta
- señalar
- yema
- agarrar
- anestesiar
- anillo
- apuntar
- astilla
- chupar
- clavar
- cortar
- dar
- lastimar
- machucar
- meter
- pie
- pillar
- zafar
English:
crook
- digit
- finger
- fingertip
- flick
- forefinger
- glove
- her
- hitch-hike
- index finger
- little finger
- point
- poke
- prick
- print
- ring finger
- shut
- suck
- thumb
- toe
- toenail
- work in
- catch
- cut
- hitch
- index
- pick
- sever
- stub

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dedo nm

1. [de la mano] finger;
[del pie] toe;
meterse el dedo en la nariz to pick one's nose;

¡no señales con el dedo! don't point!;

contar con los dedos to count on one's fingers

Comp
dedo anular ring finger;
dedo corazón middle finger;

dedo gordo [de la mano] thumb;
[del pie] big toe;
dedo índice index finger;

dedo medio middle finger;

dedo meñique little finger;

dedo pequeño [del pie] little toe;

dedo pulgar thumb

2. [medida]
sólo un dedo de whisky just a drop of whisky;

había dos dedos de agua en el suelo there was an inch of water on the floor;

estuvo a dos dedos de o [m5] le faltó un dedo para morir en el accidente he came within an inch of being killed in the accident;

Comp
Fam
no tiene dos dedos de frente [es tonto] he's as thick as two short planks;
[es imprudente] he hasn't got the sense he was born with;
si tuvieras dos dedos de frente, no harías una cosa así if you had the least bit of sense, you wouldn't do a thing like that

3. Comp
Fam
a dedo: nombrar o [m5] elegir a alguien a dedo to appoint sb without due regard to procedure;

fuimos hasta Guadalajara a dedo we hitched to Guadalajara;
Fam
hacer dedo, ir a dedo to hitch;
Fam
nadie movió un dedo para ayudarme nobody lifted a finger to help me;

se me escapó de entre los dedos it slipped through my fingers;
Esp Fam
pillarse o [m5] cogerse los dedos to get one's fingers burnt;
Fam
poner el dedo en la llaga to put one's finger on it;
Méx
no quitar el dedo del renglón [no ceder] not to give way;
[insistir] to insist; Fam
señalar a alguien con el dedo [criticar a alguien] to criticize sb;
Méx Fam
ser dedo to be a sneak

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dedo

m finger;

a dos dedos inches away;

se pueden contar con los dedos de la mano they can be counted on the fingers of one hand;

a dedo viajar hitchhike;

no tiene dos dedos de frente fam he doesn’t have much commonsense;

no mover (ni) un dedo fig fam not lift a finger fam ;

pillarse los dedos fig fam get one’s fingers burned

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dedo nm

1) : finger

dedo meñique: little finger

2)

dedo del pie : toe

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dedo n

1. (de la mano) finger

2. (del pie) toe

hacer dedo to hitch hike

dedo índice index finger

Spanish-English dictionary > dedo
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General subject: we came within distance of success, we came within measurable distance of success

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