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1 asciutto
1. adj dryrimanere a bocca asciutta end up with nothing2. m: fig trovarsi all'asciutto be stony broke* * *asciutto1 agg.1 dry: clima asciutto, dry climate; da tenere in luogo asciutto, to be kept dry // balia asciutta, dry nurse // pasta asciutta, pasta // rimanere a bocca asciutta, (fig.) to be disappointed2 (fig.) brusque, abrupt, terse, curt: tono asciutto, brusque tone; risposta asciutta, terse reply (o dry reply); un discorso asciutto, a dry speech; è un tipo dai modi asciutti, he's very abrupt (o curt)5 ( di vino) dry◆ s.m. dry place, dry land, dry ground: essere all'asciutto, to be out of the rain (o under cover) // restare all'asciutto, (fig.) to be penniless (o to have run out of money o to be hard up).asciutto2 avv. brusquely, curtly, tersely.* * *[aʃ'ʃutto] asciutto (-a)1. aggrimanere o restare a bocca asciutta fig — to be disappointed
2. smrimanere o restare all'asciutto fig — to be broke
sono rimasto all'asciutto, puoi prestarmi 50 euro? — I haven't got a bean, can you lend me 50 euros?
* * *[aʃ'ʃutto] 1.1) (senza umidità) [biancheria, capelli, mano, terreno, clima, dipinto] dry4) fig. (magro) [viso, fisico] lean2.sostantivo maschile dry place, dry groundtenere qcs. all'asciutto — to keep sth. dry
••essere, rimanere all'asciutto — to be, run short (of cash)
restare a bocca -a — (a digiuno) to go hungry; (senza niente) to be left empty-handed
* * *asciutto/a∫'∫utto/1 (senza umidità) [biancheria, capelli, mano, terreno, clima, dipinto] dry4 fig. (magro) [viso, fisico] leandry place, dry ground; tenere qcs. all'asciutto to keep sth. dryessere, rimanere all'asciutto to be, run short (of cash); restare a bocca -a (a digiuno) to go hungry; (senza niente) to be left empty-handed. -
2 balia
1. f : in balia di at the mercy of2. f : balia asciutta nanny* * *balia1 s.f. wet nurse: balia asciutta, dry nurse, nanny; dare a balia, to put out to nurse // non posso tenerlo a balia per tutta la vita, I can't mollycoddle (o wet-nurse) him all his life.balia2 s.f. (ant.) power, authority // in balia delle onde, at the mercy of the waves; in balia di se stesso, without any help (o helpless); essere in balia di qlcu., to be at s.o.'s mercy.* * *I ['balja] sf II [ba'lia] sf* * *I ['balja]sostantivo femminile wetnurseII [ba'lia]sostantivo femminileessere in balia di qcn. — to be at the mercy of sb., to be under sb.'s control, to be in sb.'s power
* * *balia1/'balja/sostantivo f.wetnurse; essere a balia to be with a wetnurse; fare da balia a un bambino to wet-nurse a baby; spilla da balia safety pin.————————balia2/ba'lia/sostantivo f.essere in balia di qcn. to be at the mercy of sb., to be under sb.'s control, to be in sb.'s power; in balia della sorte in the lap of the gods.
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Dry nurse — Nurse Nurse (n[^u]rs), n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry nurse — n. a nurse who takes care of a baby but does not breast feed it: cf. WET NURSE dry nurse vt. dry nursed, dry nursing … English World dictionary
Dry nurse — A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; in distinction from a {wet nurse}, who suckles it. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry nurse — dry′ nurse n. a nurse who takes care of but does not breast feed another s infant Compare wet nurse • Etymology: 1590–1600 dry′ nurse , v.t. nursed, nurs•ing … From formal English to slang
dry-nurse — ( )drī nərs vt, dry nursed; dry nurs·ing to act as dry nurse to … Medical dictionary
dry nurse — n a nurse who takes care of but does not breast feed another woman s baby … Medical dictionary
dry nurse — noun a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant • Hypernyms: ↑nanny, ↑nursemaid, ↑nurse * * * noun 1. : a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant compare wet nurse 2. : one who aids or instructs another usually unnecessarily … Useful english dictionary
Dry nurse — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Dry nurse (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on dry nurse instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/dry nurse … Wikipedia
dry-nurse — Drynurse Dry nurse , dry nurse dry nurse , v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without breastfeeding it. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dry-nurse — noun A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed The family found a dry nurse to take care of the infant. See Also: wet nurse … Wiktionary
dry-nurse — /druy nerrs /, v.t., dry nursed, dry nursing. to act as a dry nurse to. [1575 85] * * * … Universalium