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Сленг: снег (Fluff-stuff looks pretty, but it's no fun to shovel it. Снег смотрится красиво, но не испытываешь удовольствия расчищать его.) -
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n AmE infmlFluff-stuff looks pretty but it's no fun to shovel it — Снег - это, конечно, хорошо, но убирать его тяжело
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амер. СнегDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Fluff-stuff
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5 a piece of fluff
разг.(a piece of fluff (goods, muslin или stuff))девчонка; бабёнка, "юбка"; см. тж. a bit of goodsHe said, ‘Say, on all these trips you make to New York, haven't you ever picked up a nice little piece of fluff?’ (S. Lewis, ‘The Man Who Knew Coolidge’, part IV) — - Послушай-ка, за время твоих поездок в Нью-Йорк уж не завел ли ты себе там какую-нибудь крошку? - спросил меня Уолт.
As I see it, this invalid gentleman gets all worked up about Ruby Keene being such a sweet, innocent, childish piece of goods. (A. Christie, ‘The Body in the Library’, ch. 7) — Насколько я понимаю, на этого прикованного к креслу джентльмена произвела сильное впечатление Руби Кин, эта милая, наивная девочка, почти ребенок.
But I can assure you that Lady Horbury is... a very nasty piece of goods. (A. Christie, ‘Death in the Air’, ch. 16) — Могу заверить вас, что леди Хорбери настоящая мерзавка.
She's a nice piece of goods, is she not? A fine example for her young sisters. (DEI) — Она хорошая девочка, верно? Прекрасный пример для ее младших сестер.
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6 a bit of goods
разг.1) девчонка, "юбка"; бабёнка (тж. a bit of crackling, flesh, fluff, skirt, stuff; уст. a bit of muslin); см. тж. a piece of fluffThat was a pretty bit of muslin hanging on your arm - who was she? (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. II, ch. XII) — Вы шли под руку со смазливенькой девчонкой. Кто она?
...she'd been carryin on with young Strutt and that policeman feller at the same time. Hot little bit of stuff, evidently. (R. Aldington, ‘The Colonel's Daughter’, part III, ch. 3) —...она крутила любовь одновременно и с молодым Страттом и с полисменом! Хороша штучка, однако!
There'll be maids to wait on us, and nice little bits of skirt they are, I'll tell you. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part II, ch. I) — Нам будут подавать симпатичные крошки.
2) субъект, тип‘Nasty bit of goods, Mr. Ellsworthy,’ he remarked. (A. Christie, ‘Easy to Kill’, ch. 3) — - Противный тип этот Элсуорси, - заметил Лук.
См. также в других словарях:
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fluff stuff — {n.}, {slang}, {citizen s band radio jargon} Snow. * /We can expect some fluff stuff this afternoon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fluff\ stuff — noun slang citizen s band radio jargon Snow. We can expect some fluff stuff this afternoon … Словарь американских идиом
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bit of fluff, bit of stuff — n British a woman, seen as attractive but frivo lous, or not to be taken seriously. A con descending male term from the early 1900s, still fairly widespread in the 1960s and not yet quite obsolete … Contemporary slang
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