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1 clanger
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2 оплошать
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3 лопухнуться
General subject: drop a brick, drop a clanger, make a bad shot, make a blunder -
4 оплошать
1) General subject: boob, drop a clanger, misjudge (Even if the pilot misjudges a trifle, such an error will not be serious.), make a blunder, fail, slip up, choke2) Colloquial: drop the ball (I think we dropped the ball on this.)3) Jargon: goof4) Makarov: make a bad shot, make a poor shot -
5 совершить ошибку
1) General subject: boss, make a blunder, make a mistake, make an error, pull the wrong pig by the ear, take a false step, made a bad break, make a mistake in (в чем-л.)2) Colloquial: slip up3) Obsolete: fault4) Military: commit blunder5) Diplomatic term: make a false move6) Jargon: come a cropper, drop a brick, fungo7) Advertising: make mistake8) Makarov: perpetrate a blunder, commit an error, drop a clanger9) Taboo: put (one's) foot in it (it=shit) -
6 совершить промах
1) General subject: make a balk, make a baulk2) Jargon: bobble, drop a brick, goof up3) Makarov: commit a blunder, drop a clanger -
7 попасть впросак
1) General subject: drop a clanger, find oneself in the wrong boat, get into a hobble, goof, make a floater, put foot in it, put foot into it, commit a gaffe, fall between two stools, be up a gumtree, get into a scrape2) Colloquial: be in a fix, be in a jam, be in a scrape, be in the cart, be in the soup, get into deep water, get into hot water, put your foot in your mouth3) American: pull a boner, spill the beans4) Australian slang: go down like a lead balloon5) Politics: put (one's) foot in it6) Set phrase: put one's foot in it, make a fool of (oneself) -
8 сесть в лужу
1) General subject: be in pretty pickle, boob, drop a clanger, put one's foot into it, go squash, put foot in, put foot into, make an ass of oneself, put foot in it, get into a mess, have egg on one's face2) Colloquial: put one's foot in it, lay an egg3) American: pull a boner4) Politics: have egg on (one's) face get into a mess5) Set phrase: put one's foot in one's mouth6) Makarov: be in the mire, come a mucker, find oneself in the mire, stick in the mire -
9 дать маху
разг to make a blunder; to drop a clanger/a brick; not to make it, to make a bad shot -
10 совершать ошибку
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11 ляпсус
м кнсде́лать ля́псус — BE to drop a brick/a clanger sl, AE to make a blooper coll, совершить бестактность to commit/to make a faux pas/a gaffe
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12 промах
м1) удар, выстрел мимо цели miss, спорт muff2) оплошность blunder, lapse, slip, muff; бестактность faux pas, brick collсде́лать про́мах — to make a blunder/a slip/a muff, допустить бестактность to drop a brick/a clanger coll
он стал ре́зать ры́бу ножо́м, но никто́ не заме́тил его́ про́маха — he cut the fish with his knife, but his lapse passed unnoticed
•- он малый не промах
См. также в других словарях:
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drop a clanger Brit. — drop a clanger Brit. informal make an embarrassing or foolish mistake. → drop … English new terms dictionary
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drop a clanger — Vrb phrs. To make an obvious mistake. E.g. The government dropped a clanger by ignoring the wishes of the populace and going to war … English slang and colloquialisms
drop a clanger — (Slang) err, make a mistake … English contemporary dictionary
drop — ► VERB (dropped, dropping) 1) fall or cause to fall. 2) sink to the ground. 3) make or become lower, weaker, or less. 4) abandon or discontinue. 5) (often drop off) set down or unload (a passenger or goods) … English terms dictionary
drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
drop a brick — phrasal slang : to do or say something indiscreet : make a blunder * * * drop a brick To say or do something horrifyingly tactless or indiscreet • • • Main Entry: ↑brick drop a brick see under ↑brick • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
clanger — n. (colloq.) (BE) ( blunder ) to drop a clanger * * * [ klæŋə] (colloq.) (BE) ( blunder ) to drop a clanger … Combinatory dictionary