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1 out of the frying-pan into the fire
(from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) úr öskunni í eldinnEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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2 out of
1) (from inside: He took it out of the bag.) út/upp úr2) (not in: Mr Smith is out of the office; out of danger; out of sight.) ekki við3) (from among: Four out of five people like this song.) af4) (having none left: She is quite out of breath.) kominn í þrot með; lafmóður5) (because of: He did it out of curiosity/spite.) vegna6) (from: He drank the lemonade straight out of the bottle.) úr -
3 out of bounds
(outside the permitted area or limits: The cinema was out of bounds for the boys from the local boarding-school.) á bannsvæði -
4 drop out
( often with of) (to withdraw from a group, from a course at university, or from the normal life of society: There are only two of us going to the theatre now Mary has dropped out; She's dropped out of college.) hætta í skóla; hætta venjulegum lifnaðarháttum -
5 draw out
1) (to take (money) from a bank: I drew out $40 yesterday.) taka út2) (to make longer: We drew out the journey as much as we could but we still arrived early.) draga á langinn, lengja3) ((of a car etc) to move into the middle of the road from the side.) aka inn að miðju -
6 back out
1) (to move out backwards: He opened the garage door and backed (his car) out.) bakka2) (to withdraw from a promise etc: You promised to help - you mustn't back out now!) draga sig til baka -
7 knock out
1) (to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time: The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.) rota2) (to defeat and cause to retire from a competition: That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun knock-out).) slá út -
8 odd man out / odd one out
1) (a person or thing that is different from others: In this test, you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd one out.) sem er öðruvísi2) (a person or thing that is left over when teams etc are made up: When they chose the two teams, I was the odd man out.) stakur, sem er afgangs -
9 sort out
1) (to separate (one lot or type of) things from a general mixture: I'll try to sort out some books that he might like.) velja úr2) (to correct, improve, solve etc: You must sort out your business affairs.) koma lagi á, leiðrétta, sjá um3) (to attend to, usually by punishing or reprimanding: I'll soon sort you out, you evil little man!) gera upp við -
10 break out
1) (to appear or happen suddenly: War has broken out.) brjótast út, bresta á2) (to escape (from prison, restrictions etc): A prisoner has broken out (noun breakout).) brjótast út -
11 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) drÿgja2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) skrimta, rétt hafa ofan af fyrir sér -
12 help out
(to help (a person), usually for a short time because the person is in some difficulty: I help out in the shop from time to time; Could you help me out by looking after the baby?) aðstoða -
13 look out
1) ((usually with for) to watch: She was looking out for him from the window.) líta eftir2) (to find by searching: I've looked out these books for you.) finna -
14 mark out
1) (to mark the boundary of (eg a football pitch) by making lines etc: The pitch was marked out with white lines.) (af)marka2) (to select or choose for some particular purpose etc in the future: He had been marked out for an army career from early childhood.) ætla, velja -
15 bail out
1) (to set (a person) free by giving such money to a court of law: He was bailed out by his father.) leysa út með tryggingarfé2) ((American) to parachute from a plane in an emergency.) -
16 blot out
(to hide from sight: The rain blotted out the view.) hylja, fela -
17 do out of
(to prevent from getting, especially by using dishonest methods: My boss tried to do me out of a day's holiday.) svíkja (e-n) um e-ð -
18 in / out of print
((of books) available/unavailable to be bought from the publisher: That book has been out of print for years.) fáanlegur; ófáanlegur -
19 lock out
(to prevent from getting into a building etc by using a lock: Don't lock yourself out (of the house) by forgetting to take your key with you.) læsa úti -
20 time out
1) ((in basketball etc) a short break requested by the coach to give instructions etc.)2) (a short period of rest from an activity: to take time out to relax.)
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