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1 game as a cockerel
"смел, как бойцовый петух", отчаянно смелый, безрассудно храбрыйThat boxer is as game as a cockerel, although he knows he's beaten. (A. J. Worrall, ‘English Idioms for Foreign Students’) — Этот боксер держится стойко, как бойцовый петух, хотя и понимает, что проиграл бой.
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2 cockerel
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3 петух
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1) rooster, cock бойцовый петух ≈ game-cock
2) (задира, драчун) bantam, fighting cock, rooster ∙ пускать петуха ≈ (при пении) to let out a squeak;
(поджигать) to put smth. to the torch, to set fire to smth. до первых петухов ≈ till the cock crows (засиживаться) ;
before cock-crow, before dawn (вставать) вставать с петухами ≈ to rise at cock-crow;
to get up with the lark красный петух ≈ torchingм.
1. cock, cockerel;
rooster разг. ;
2. мн. (пение петухов) cock-crow sg. ;
вставать с ~ами rise* at cock-crow;
сидеть до ~ов sit* up till cock-crow;
пустить кому-л. красного ~а set* fire to smb.`s home;
кому счастье, у того и ~ несётся посл. е whom God loves, his bitch brings him pigs;
пустить ~а (при пении) let* out a squeak.
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