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go+for+nothing

  • 21 go right

    (to happen as expected, wanted or intended; to be successful or without problems: Nothing ever goes right for him.) fara að vonum, heppnast

    English-Icelandic dictionary > go right

  • 22 relief

    [rə'li:f]
    1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) léttir, linun
    2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) neyðar-/fjárhagshjálp
    3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) afleysingamaður
    4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) frelsun
    5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) upphleypt mynd
    - relieved

    English-Icelandic dictionary > relief

  • 23 sign

    1. noun
    1) (a mark used to mean something; a symbol: is the sign for addition.) tákn
    2) (a notice set up to give information (a shopkeeper's name, the direction of a town etc) to the public: road-sign.) merki
    3) (a movement (eg a nod, wave of the hand) used to mean or represent something: He made a sign to me to keep still.) merki
    4) (a piece of evidence suggesting that something is present or about to come: There were no signs of life at the house and he was afraid they were away; Clouds are often a sign of rain.) merki (um)
    2. verb
    1) (to write one's name (on): Sign at the bottom, please.) undirrita
    2) (to write (one's name) on a letter, document etc: He signed his name on the document.) undirrita
    3) (to make a movement of the head, hand etc in order to show one's meaning: She signed to me to say nothing.) gefa merki um
    - signpost
    - sign in/out
    - sign up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sign

  • 24 sleeper

    1) (a person who sleeps: Nothing occurred to disturb the sleepers.) sofandi maður
    2) (a berth or compartment for sleeping, on a railway train: I'd like to book a sleeper on the London train.) svefnpláss

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sleeper

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  • nothing for nothing — a 1704 T. BROWN Works (1707) I. 131 Thou know’st the proverb, nothing due for nought. 1800 M. EDGEWORTH Castle Rackrent 167 Nothing for nothing, or I’m under a mistake with you, Jason. 1858 G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE Interpreter xxv. Sir… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Nothing to Wish For (Nothing to Lose) — Studio album by Air Formation Released March 1, 2010 …   Wikipedia

  • for nothing — for no reason. They didn t call him a big gorilla for nothing. Opposite of: not for nothing …   New idioms dictionary

  • for nothing — ► for nothing 1) without payment or charge. 2) to no purpose. Main Entry: ↑nothing …   English terms dictionary

  • for nothing — index free (at no charge), gratis, gratuitous (given without recompense) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • for nothing — 1 she hosted the show for nothing: FREE (OF CHARGE), gratis, without charge, at no cost; informal for free, on the house. 2 all this trouble for nothing: IN VAIN, to no avail, to no purpose, with no result, needlessly …   Useful english dictionary

  • for nothing — 1) without any payment Some of the men volunteered to work for nothing. I m a club member, so I can get tickets for nothing. 2) without a reason or purpose Why did you call me down here for nothing? not for nothing (= for a good reason): Not for… …   English dictionary

  • for nothing — adverb a) For free. I got it for nothing. They are giving them away as publicity. b) For no reason, wastefully, or pointlessly I wrote ten pages of information for nothing. He just chucked it in a draw without even reading any of it! Syn …   Wiktionary

  • for nothing — 1) she hosted the show for nothing Syn: free, free of charge, gratis, without charge, at no cost; informal for free, on the house 2) all this trouble for nothing Syn: in vain, to no avail, to no purpose, with no result, needle …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • for nothing — Synonyms and related words: charitable, complimentary, costless, eleemosynary, expenseless, for free, for love, free, free as air, free for nothing, free gratis, free of charge, free of cost, freebie, giftlike, given, gratis, gratuitous, on the… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • not for nothing — for a very good reason not for nothing have I got a brother in law who cooks professionally * * * not for ˈnothing idiom for a very good reason • Not for nothing was he called the king of rock and roll. Main entry: ↑nothingidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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