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1 get the brush-off
(to reject or be rejected abruptly.) torjua, tulla torjutuksi -
2 brush
• ottelu• ruokota• häntä• hyväillä• hipaista• hipaisu• hivellä• varvikko• sipaista• siivota• silittää• sivellin• sivellä• pusikko• pöheikkö• pyyhkiä• tiheikkö• kammata• harjata• harja• pensseli• pensasto• pesuharja• pensaikko• selkkaus• suoria• suka• sukia• suti• luuta* * *1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) harja2) (an act of brushing.) harjaus3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) ketunhäntä4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) yhteenotto2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) harjata2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) lakaista3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) harjata4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) hipaista•- brush away
- brush up
- give
- get the brush-off -
3 sweep
• nokikolari• nuohooja• nuohota• veto• vintti• astua arvokkaasti• ala• ulottuvaisuus• pyyhkäys• pyyhkäistä• pyyhkäisy• pyyhkiä• raivata• kantama• kiitää• liukua yli• kaartuva tie• kaartua• kaari• kaartaa• kaarros• mutka• suma• kulkea nopeasti• lakaisu• laaja näkymäaviation• laskeutua• lakaistaelectricity• piiri* * *swi:p 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) lakaista2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) pyyhkäistä3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pyyhkiä yli4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) pyyhältää2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) lakaisu2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) heilautus3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) nuohooja4) (a sweepstake.) vedonlyönti•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up
См. также в других словарях:
get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… … Dictionary of American idioms
get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… … Dictionary of American idioms
get\ the\ brush-off — v. phr. slang 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children. 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. Frank and Jane had an argument, so the… … Словарь американских идиом
give\ the\ brush-off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
brush\ off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
brush-off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
brush off — or[give the brush off] {v. phr.} 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. * /John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree./ * /I said that it might rain and to take the… … Dictionary of American idioms
brush off — or[give the brush off] {v. phr.} 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. * /John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree./ * /I said that it might rain and to take the… … Dictionary of American idioms
brush-off — n A rebuff, snub. Every time I ask dad for a job, I get the brush off. 1940s … Historical dictionary of American slang
brush-off — 1. Refusal. Snub. 2. get the brush off. Fail to find favour. Be rebuffed … A concise dictionary of English slang
brush-off — noun a curt or disdainful rejection • Derivationally related forms: ↑brush off • Hypernyms: ↑rejection * * * n discouragement, dismissal, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, slight, snub FORMAL repu … Useful english dictionary
