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1 second-best
{'sekənd,best}
a второкачествен, не най-хубав/добър
SECOND-BEST clothes всекидневни дрехи
to come off SECOND-BEST претърпявам неуспех/поражение* * *{'sekъnd,best} а второкачествен; не най-хубав/добър; second-best cl* * *второкачествен;* * *1. a второкачествен, не най-хубав/добър 2. second-best clothes всекидневни дрехи 3. to come off second-best претърпявам неуспех/поражение* * *second-best[´sekənd¸best] adj второкачествен, не най-хубав (добър); \second-best clothes всекидневни дрехи; to come off \second-best претърпявам поражение (неуспех). -
2 come off
come off 1) излизам (сполучлив); оказвам се; the experiment ( trick) came off опитът (номерът) излезе сполучлив; to \come off off with a few scratches отървавам се с няколко драскотини; the performance came off badly представлението мина лошо; 2) слизам; напускам; to \come off off a ship слизам от кораб; \come off off your high horse! \come off off your perch! не се надувай! не се фукай! \come off off it! стига! достатъчно! 3) откъсвам се; падам (за копче, мазилка и пр.); the knob \come off дръжката падна; 4) излизам, заемам място (в състезание); to \come off off second best излизам на второ място; 5) отказвам се, преставам да употребявам (наркотично вещество); 6) sl грубо стигам оргазъм, "свършвам", "празня се";
См. также в других словарях:
come off second best — {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./ … Dictionary of American idioms
come off second best — {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./ … Dictionary of American idioms
come off second best — be defeated in a competition * * * come off second best chiefly Brit : to finish in second place : to fail to win Our team came off second best. • • • Main Entry: ↑second best … Useful english dictionary
come off second best — to be beaten in a competition or an argument. I ve given up arguing with my big brother because I always come off second best … New idioms dictionary
come\ off\ second\ best — v. phr. To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. Our home team came off second best against the visitors. Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband … Словарь американских идиом
come off second best — finish in second place (in a competition) … English contemporary dictionary
second best — second best1 n [U] something that you have to accept which is not perfect or not the best ▪ I m not going to settle for second best . second best 2 .second best2 adj [only before noun] not quite as good as the best one ▪ Allie was the second best … Dictionary of contemporary English
second best — adj. to come off second best * * * [ˌsekənd best] to come off second best … Combinatory dictionary
second best — /sɛkənd ˈbɛst/ (say sekuhnd best) noun 1. an item, especially of clothing, of good value but not one s best: to wear one s second best. 2. a share of whatever is regarded as valuable, enriching, etc., which is less than the best: to put up with… …
Second Stadtholderless Period — The Second Stadtholderless Period or Era ( nl. Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the designation in Dutch historiography of the period between the death of stadtholder William III on March 19 [This is the date from the Gregorian calendar that… … Wikipedia
come — [kum] vi. came, come, coming [ME comen < OE cuman, akin to Goth qiman, Ger kommen < IE base * gwem , *gwā , to go, come > L venire, to come, Gr bainein, to go] 1. to move from a place thought of as “there” to or into a place thought of… … English World dictionary
