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1 ♦ funny
♦ funny (1) /ˈfʌnɪ/A a.1 divertente; comico; buffo; spassoso: a funny joke, una barzelletta divertente; to see the funny side of st., vedere il lato comico di qc.; He's trying to be funny, fa lo spiritoso2 strano; curioso; insolito; a funny noise, uno strano rumore; a funny sort of man, un tipo curioso; That's funny!, strano!; The funny thing is…, lo strano è che…; This wine tastes funny, questo vino ha un gusto strano; DIALOGO → - Complaining about the food- This meat smells funny to me, questa carne ha un odore strano; to feel funny, sentirsi strano; sentirsi poco bene; It's a funny old world!, il mondo è ben strano!3 (fam.) poco chiaro; sospetto; subdolo; losco; poco pulito: There's something funny about the whole thing, c'è qualcosa di poco chiaro in tutta la faccenda4 (fam.) guasto; che non va: There's something funny about the TV set, c'è qualcosa che non va nel televisore5 (fam., = funny in the head) eccentrico; (un) po' matto; svanito: He's gone a bit funny, non gli funziona più tanto bene la testa; è un po' svanitoB n.● (anat., fam.) funny bone, punta del gomito; olecrano: I've hit my funny bone, ho preso la scossa al gomito □ (fam.) funny business, attività strane e sospette; manovre poco chiare: There's some funny business going on there, succedono cose strane laggiù; And no funny business!, e niente scherzi! □ (fam., al vocat.) funny-face, simpaticone □ ( slang, scherz. o spreg.) funny farm, manicomio □ (fam.) funny ha-ha ( contrapposto a funny peculiar ► sotto), divertente; comico; buffo; che fa ridere □ funny man, pagliaccio, clown; ( USA) (attore) comico □ (fam.) funny money, moneta falsa; soldi finti □ ( USA) funny paper, sezione dei fumetti ( in un giornale) □ (fam.) funny peculiar ( contrapposto a funny ha-ha ► sopra), strano; strambo; bizzarro □ (fam.) Don't get funny with me!, non fare il furbo con me! □ (fam.) to go funny, guastarsi all'improvviso □ Are you being funny?, fai per scherzo, è vero? □ I don't think that's at all funny, non ci trovo niente da ridere! □ (fam.) Don't try anything funny!, niente scherzi!; niente trucchi!; non cercare di farmela!; non fare il furbo!funny (2) /ˈfʌnɪ/n.(naut.) piccola barca a remi ( per una persona sola).
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Funny farm — can refer to: * , a pejorative slang term for a psychiatric hospital ** By extension, pejorative slang for many workplaces which are perceived to be dysfunctionalFilm and television: * The Funny Farm , a 1983 film starring Peter Aykroyd * Funny… … Wikipedia
Funny Farm — est un film américain réalisé par George Roy Hill en 1988. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Commentaires … Wikipédia en Français
funny farm — n informal an expression meaning a ↑psychiatric hospital that some people consider offensive used humorously … Dictionary of contemporary English
funny farm — funny ,farm noun count OFFENSIVE a hospital for people who are mentally ill … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
funny farm — ► NOUN informal ▪ a psychiatric hospital … English terms dictionary
funny farm — n. Slang an institution for the mentally ill … English World dictionary
Funny Farm — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Funny Farm Produktionsland USA … Deutsch Wikipedia
funny farm — noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum • Syn: ↑Bedlam, ↑booby hatch, ↑crazy house, ↑cuckoo s nest, ↑funny house, ↑loony bin, ↑madhouse, ↑nut house, ↑nuthouse, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
funny farm — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms funny farm : singular funny farm plural funny farms offensive a hospital for people who are mentally ill … English dictionary
funny farm — np Insane asylum. Mack has been acting crazy lately. Did he just get off the funny farm? 1960s … Historical dictionary of American slang
funny farm — n a psychiatric hospital or home for men tal patients ► They re coming to take me away, ha ha, to the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time. ( They re coming to take me away, ha haaa! , song by Napoleon XIV, 1966) … Contemporary slang