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1 goose
ɡu:splural - geese; noun(a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger: The farmer's wife keeps geese.) ganso- he wouldn't say boo to a goose
goose n oca / gansotr[gʊːs]1 ganso, oca\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto cook somebody's goose hacerle la pascua a alguiento kill the goose that lays the golden eggs matar la gallina de los huevos de orogoose pimples piel nombre femenino de gallinan.(§ pl.: geese) = gansa s.f.• gansarón s.m.• ganso s.m.• oca s.f.• ánsar s.m.guːsa) c ( Zool) oca f, ganso mto cook somebody's goose: that's cooked his goose eso le servirá de lección; to kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s) — matar la gallina de los huevos de oro
b) u ( Culin) ganso m[ɡuːs] (pl geese)1.- cook sb's goose- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs2.VT * (=prod) meter mano a3.CPDgoose bumps NPL — = gooseflesh
goose pimples NPL — = gooseflesh
* * *[guːs]a) c ( Zool) oca f, ganso mto cook somebody's goose: that's cooked his goose eso le servirá de lección; to kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s) — matar la gallina de los huevos de oro
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2 gallina
gallina sustantivo femenino 1 (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken; ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen; 2
gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs; ' gallina' also found in these entries: Spanish: cacarear - cacareo - carne - carné - empollar - piel - aletear English: chicken - egg - goosebumps - gooseflesh - goosepimples - hen - goose - speckle
См. также в других словарях:
goose-egg — gooseˈ egg noun 1. The egg of a goose 2. A swelling on the head due to an injury (N American) 3. A zero score (US) • • • Main Entry: ↑goose … Useful english dictionary
Goose egg — 1. In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also {duck egg}. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A bump on the skin caused by a blow, especially one on the head. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
goose egg — goose′ egg n. inf the numeral zero, esp. as a score in a game … From formal English to slang
goose egg — n. Slang ☆ 1. zero or a score of zero 2. a large swelling or lump, esp. one caused by a blow … English World dictionary
goose egg — noun a quantity of no importance it looked like nothing I had ever seen before reduced to nil all the work we had done we racked up a pathetic goose egg it was all for naught I didn t hear zilch about it • Syn: ↑nothing, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
goose egg — 1. n. a score of zero. □ We got a goose egg in the second inning. □ It was double goose eggs for the final score. 2. n. a bump on the head. □ Youve got quite a goose egg there. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
goose egg — noun a) Zero; nothing. I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg. b) A swelling or bump on the head … Wiktionary
goose egg — zero, no score, skunked They got three goals. We got the goose egg … English idioms
goose egg — n. zero; score of zero. My score on the test: goose egg … English slang
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goose egg — Informal. 1. the numeral zero, often used to indicate the failure of a team to score in a game or unit of a game: a pitchers duel, with nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard. 2. a lump raised by a blow, esp. on the head. [1350 1400; 1885 90,… … Universalium