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conservative; Tory* * ** * *conservative; Tory* * *conservativedie-hardfuddy-duddytory -
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124 kövület
(DE) Fossilie {e}; Fossilien {pl}; Versteinerung {e}; fossil; Donnerkeil {r}; (EN) fossil; fud; fuddy-duddy; petrifaction; petrification -
125 kriptaszökevény
(DE) Grufti {r}; (EN) fud; fuddy-duddy; skate -
126 szőrszálhasogató
(DE) Haarspalter {r}; Phrasendrescher {r}; Wortklauber {r}; haarspalterisch; pingelig; wortklauberisch; Deutler {r}; Kalmäuser {r}; Quackeler {r}; Räsoneur {r}; Silbenklauber {r}; Silbenstecher {r}; Vernünftler {r}; i-Tüpferl-Reiter {r}; krickelig; krittelig; quackeln; (EN) casuist; contradictious; fault-finder; fault-finding; finical; finicking; finicky; fuddy-duddy; hair-splitter; hair-splitting; hairsplitting; logic-chopper; make two bites at a cherry; over-neat; over-nice; over-scrupulous; pernickety; picky; punctilious; reasoner; sticky; straw-splitter; wire-drawn; wiredrawn; word-catcher -
127 baderne
n. f.1. Une vieille bademe: A fuddy-duddy, a silly old fool.2. Etre baderne-baderne: To do everything 'by the book', to have a military-type approach to quite day-to-day matters. -
128 balle
n. f.1. 'Dial', face. (Like bille and unlike gueule, the word has no pejorative connotation whatsoever. Fais-lui confiance, il a une bonne balle! Go on! You can trust him, he's got a kind face!)2. Monetary unit of French francs. (The word is never used in relation to amounts less than 10 francs, irrespective of the 1958 remonetization.)3. Bargain, good buy.4. Le trou de balle: The arse-hole, the anus, the anal sphincter.5. Un vieux trou de balle: An old 'fuddy-duddy'. (Unlike un trou du cul, which is downright pejorative, this appellation has gentle jocularity.)6. Raide comme balle (adv. exp.): Quick as a flash, straight away.7. C'est ma balle! That's my business!8. Ça fait ma balle! That suits me down to a T! — That's fine by me!
См. также в других словарях:
fuddy-duddy — ► NOUN (pl. fuddy duddies) informal ▪ a person who is very old fashioned and pompous. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
fuddy-duddy — [fud′ē dud΄ē] n. pl. fuddy duddies [redupl., prob. based on dial. fud, buttocks] Informal 1. a fussy, critical person 2. an old fashioned person … English World dictionary
fuddy-duddy — old fashioned person, 1871, Amer.Eng., of uncertain origin … Etymology dictionary
fuddy-duddy — [n] fussy person fussbudget, fusspot*, old fogy*, old geezer*, old poop*, square*, stick in the mud*, stuffed shirt*; concept 423 … New thesaurus
fuddy-duddy — [[t]fʌ̱di dʌdi[/t]] fuddy duddies N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a fuddy duddy, you are criticizing or making fun of them because they are old fashioned in their appearance or attitudes. [OLD FASHIONED] He didn t want all those… … English dictionary
fuddy-duddy — fud|dy dud|dy [ˈfʌdi ˌdʌdi] n plural fuddy duddies [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from fussy + dad or dud] someone who has old fashioned ideas and attitudes ▪ You re such an old fuddy duddy ! >fuddy duddy adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
fuddy-duddy — UK [ˈfʌdɪˌdʌdɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms fuddy duddy : singular fuddy duddy plural fuddy duddies informal someone who has old fashioned attitudes and is rather boring … English dictionary
fuddy-duddy — informal a fuddy duddy someone who has old fashioned ideas and dresses in an old fashioned way. His ideas were irrelevant, boring and fuddy duddy … New idioms dictionary
fuddy-duddy — noun (C) someone who has old fashioned ideas and attitudes: You re such an old fuddy duddy. Most women wear trousers these days! fuddy duddy adjective … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fuddy-duddy — {n.} A person whose ideas and habits are old fashioned. * /His students think Professor Jones is an old fuddy duddy./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fuddy-duddy — {n.} A person whose ideas and habits are old fashioned. * /His students think Professor Jones is an old fuddy duddy./ … Dictionary of American idioms